Bombardier’s updated Learjet 60XR business jet flew for the first time on 3 April from the Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility of Rockwell Collins, responsible for certificating the super-light jet’s new Pro Line 21 integrated flightdeck. Certification of the $12.9 million XR is due in the third quarter, with first deliveries early next year.
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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.
