Century Aerospace has completed a low-speed windtunnel test of its CA-100 Century Jet small business jet. Results met expectations, including docile wing stall, says the company, which is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The placement of the engine nacelles is to be fine-tuned and another series of windtunnel tests conducted in January.
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.
