Executive Jet International has named Richard Schwartz, formerly of Eastman Kodak, chief pilot for its NetJets Gulfstream IV-SP shared-ownership programme. Schwartz has been an aviation consultant for the past two years and, before that, was captain of Kodak's Gulfstream and Challenger fleet.
Source: Flight International
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
Turkish business jet charter company Air Sapphire has been heavily fined by the US government for flying a Gulfstream GIV to Russia without authorisation.
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections of the Gulfstream G500 and G600 fleet in response to a “quality escape” involving improperly installed engine-mounting hardware.
