PAC Hails Flagship Aircraft

New Zealand-based Pacific Aerospace Corporation has received FAA certification for its flagship PAC 750XL aircraft. The certification, which was carried out under a bilateral agreement with the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, was completed after 18 months exhaustive testing. This entailed subjecting the PAC 750XL to 315 flights, 1000 spins and 2500 individual tests on top of 70,000 man-hours of design, manufacture and assembly - not to mention an investment of many millions of dollars. When the CAA cleared the PAC 750XL for take-off last year, it had the distinction of being the first passenger aircraft to be designed and manufactured in New Zealand. It's also believed to be the first new aircraft built in the last 25 years specif