Two Additional TIA's Issued by FAA as Sino Swearingen Prepares
for FAA Certification
The FAA recently issued
two additional Type Inspection Authorizations (TIA's) for the new
SJ30-2 executive business jet, currently approaching final
certification this year.
The first of the two additional TIA's for this new high speed, long
range, SJ30-2 twinjet addresses FAA certification flight tests to
be performed on anti-ice, de-ice and bleed air system.
The SJ30-2 will be certified for flight in natural icing
conditions using Anti-ice and De-ice Systems as follows: Hot bleed
air from the engines are routed through the Wings Leading Edges as
well as thru the Engine nacelle Inlets, the Horizontal Tail Leading
Edges are De-iced with a pulsating pneumatic system. Both
windshields, pitot/static, angle of attack, and the total air
temperature systems are electrically heated providing complete
anti- icing and de-icing for this sleek new high performance
corporate jet.
The second TIA issued covers FAA certification flight tests to
be performed on the SJ30-2's environmental system to operate in
extreme cold and hot weather conditions. These major flight test
milestones and the issuing of the TIA's provides for the FAA to now
come on board the SJ30-2 aircraft and conduct final certification
flights that verify previous company test results.
The SJ30-2 certification flight test program has three conformed
flight test aircraft in operation flying day and night missions
virtually every day. One aircraft is utilized for the flight
testing systems development and certification. The second aircraft
is utilized for performance and aerodynamic certifications. The
third and final flight test aircraft is the autopilot, avionics,
function and reliability development and certification test
aircraft. The FAA has been aboard two of the flight test aircraft
and conducted numerous certification flight tests on the aircraft
for final certification.
During a presentation meeting for TIA's, were Alfred Baumbusch,
SSAC Senior Vice President, Operations receiving the first of the
two TIA's, Werner Koch, Systems and Equipment Engineer at the Ft.
Worth ASW 150 FAA Aircraft Certification Office, Michele M. Owsley,
Manager of FAA ASW 150; Rick C. Simmons, FAA Flight Test Pilot; Ed
Swearingen, Founder, Director and Senior Advisor of Sino Swearingen
Aircraft Corporation and Carl Chen, CEO and President of SSAC
receiving the Second TIA. (Below, pictured from left to right,
Alfred Baumbusch, Werner Koch, Michele M. Owsley, Rick Simmons, Ed
Swearingen and Carl Chen)
Dr. Carl Chen, CEO, and President of Sino Swearingen Aircraft
Corp said today, "This is excellent news and the entire company is
excited as this milestone emphasizes our accelerated efforts to FAA
certify the new SJ30-2 by the second half of this year. The
accomplishments and extra team efforts provided by the employees at
SSAC and the FAA are significant in obtaining the certification on
time and are greatly appreciated by our customers and the entire
management team at SSAC."
Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation is certifying the new
SJ30-2 in San Antonio TX with 500 employees in four facilities
totaling over 220,000 sq ft in the USA Coast To Coast. The Company
continues the acceleration of FAA certification -- projected to be
final in the second half of this year 2005.