SimuFlite Training International, of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, has appointed Robert Freeman manager of Learjet training. Freeman, a former US Federal Aviation Administration examiner, has been with SimuFlite since 1989, serving as a Learjet instructor pilot and lead instructor in the Westwind proggramme. He reports to Eugene Haggerty, vice-president of training services.
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.
