CAE Oxford Aviation Academy will add a Beechcraft King Air C90GTx to its Melbourne-based fleet. Hawker Pacific, the sales representative for Beechcraft in Asia Pacific, said in a statement on Thursday the flight training school was the first Australian order for the King Air C90GTx. “The Beechcraft King Air is expected to enter service from July 1st
A Gulfstream G650ER business jet has claimed a new speed record for a flight between Sydney and Los Angeles with a time of 12 hours and 40 minutes. The record, ratified by the US National Aeronautic Association and now pending approval by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in Switzerland as a world record, saw a G650ER depart
Construction of the first Gulfstream G600 flight test aircraft has reached a significant milestone with the joining of the wing to the fuselage. Gulfstream released a photo on Tuesday (US time) showing the wing joining the fuselage on the first G600 that will be used for the type’s flight test program. The company has already
A fourth aircraft has joined the flight test program for Gulfstream’s newest business jet the G500. The company said test aircraft T4, N504GS, had its maiden flight on on Saturday (US time), taking off from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport at 0947, returning three hours and 17 minutes later. On board the business jet were test
Gulfstream’s newest business jet the G500 is making further progress towards certification in 2017 with the completion of flutter testing as part of the aircraft’s flight test program. The first G500 test aircraft, T1, has flown more than 50 missions and clocked up about 320 since its first flight in May 2015. Since then, the
Gulfstream says its newest business jet the G500 has successfully completed 100 hours of flight testing ahead of its scheduled certification in 2017. The G500 began its flight test program in May 18, when the first test flight took off from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport. Since then, Gulfstream has completed 45 missions with the business
