Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"This additional aircraft allows us to engineer the program's optional avionics upgrade concurrently with the Williams International FJ44-4A engine integration... This will keep the momentum going on the certification in order to meet the growing demand from our customers."

Source: Christi Tannahill, Hawker Beechcraft vice president, GCS, discussing the revelation that the Hawker 400XPR development program was getting a boost by Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support (GCS) with the their decision to add a second aircraft to the test program. This aircraft will be used primarily to develop and certify various avionics upgrade options.

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