Company Says The Aircraft Sets A New Standard For Business Aviation
Following on the heels of the certification of the G280, Gulfstream's ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650 business-jet aircraft received a type certificate Friday from the FAA. The certification verifies the airworthiness of the aircraft’s design. Gulfstream expects to deliver the first fully outfitted G650 business jets to customers before year-end. The company has received more than 200 orders for the aircraft.
Presented Annually To An Individual With Long-Standing Service To The Industry
Steve Nielsen, an accomplished airman, business aviation advocate and former National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) director, is the 2012 recipient of NBAA's prestigious John H. Winant Award. The award will be presented as part of NBAA’s 65th Annual Meeting & Convention, which will be held from October 30 to November 1 in Orlando, FL.
Starting January 1, 2013, NATA will begin offering its members a new Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program. The program was designed to benefit members’ businesses and help advance our industry’s safety goals embodied in NATA’s Safety 1st program.
The FAA is proposing to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (ECD) Model BO-105A, BO-105C, BO-105S, BO-105LS A-1, BO-105LS A-3, MBB-BK 117 A-1, MBB-BK 117 A-3, MBB-BK 117 A- 4, MBB-BK 117 B-1, MBB-BK-117 B-2, and MBB-BK 117 C-1 helicopters to require inspections for corrosion or thread damage to each tail rotor balance weight (weight) and each tail rotor control lever (lever).
Bombardier Aerospace’s Learjet 75 jet continues to achieve its development milestones with the first powering up of the aircraft’s electrical systems on the Wichita production line. Aircraft power, including to the new Bombardier Vision flight deck, was switched on during the week of August 21, as the aircraft progresses towards its 2013 entry-into-service.
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