Mon, Jun 01, 2009
SJ30 Production Moves Forward with First Flight of Next
Customer Aircraft
Emivest tells ANN that SJ30, serial number 008, has taken to the
skies for its production flight checks over Texas. This marks a
significant step in moving forward with production and establishing
a regular delivery schedule.
John Siemens, Chief Test Pilot and Bryan Dennison, Production
Test Pilot piloted the aircraft on its first production flight.
Serial number 008 is the first customer aircraft to be flown since
Emirate Investment Development Corporation's (EIDC) acquisition
last year. Just last month EAC announced the completion of customer
pilot training for this aircraft.
"The airplane flew exceptionally well just as we expected it
would. We completed the items on the flight test card as planned
including tests for handling qualities, stability and control and
selected critical systems." John Siemens commented.
Joe Gullion, Emivest COO, looks forward to delivery of the
aircraft to the customer "Our customer is very excited about
receiving his aircraft. We are happy that all of the hard work and
planning is finally paying off resulting in the flight of serial
number 008... We have moved aircraft in flow behind 008 and
look forward to beginning to deliver aircraft on a regular
basis."
Serial number 008 will continue on through it productions
checks, and then be delivered to Jet Works Air Center in Denton,
Texas for the completion of paint and numerous optional equipment
installations including HF radio, Garmin 500, XM radio/weather,
Alto speaker system, cockpit voice recorder, and a cabin
entertainment system. The aircraft is expected to be delivered in
the summer.
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