Fri, May 07, 2004
SJ30-2 Part Headed For San Antonio
Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation says its Martinsburg (WV)
Assembly Plant has completed and shipped its final component for
the first airframe structure produced in its new high technology
manufacturing facility at Martinsburg.
These major structures, produced for the new ultra-fast and long
range SJ30-2 light business jet, and shipped to San Antonio (TX)
for final assembly, are for aircraft that are part of the FAA
Flight Test Certification Program. There are currently two aircraft
in flight testing, flying as often as seven days a week.
The Martinsburg aircraft marks the third and final aircraft
constructed as a test aircraft for the FAA flight test program.
Sino Swearingen’s Martinsburg Plant manufactures the critical
and main structures for the SJ30-2 twinjet aircraft such as the
main fuselage structure, the main wing structure and the tail
empennage assembly structures.
There are currently 73 high
technology personnel employed at the Martinsburg facility. This
number is expected to grow and accelerate rapidly once the FAA Type
Certification (TC) is received next year. Alfred Baumbusch, Senior
Vice President of Operations for SSAC also announced the
appointment of David Bartles, a resident of Falling Waters, West
Virginia, as Vice President of Operations, responsible for the day
to day manufacturing and operations in Martinsburg. He is a former
senior engineer for Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown (MD) and was
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for
Fairchild’s Commercial Aircraft Division in San Antonio (TX).
He also served as President and Chairman of the Board of Morrison
Knudsen Rail Systems of Argentina.
"The Martinsburg Plant has recently FAA qualified over 175 major
jigs, fixtures and tools and they have been placed in position at
the factory. Although FAA Certification is projected for the second
half of next year this gives us an opportunity to provide
additional training and to further refine our manufacturing
processes. The aircraft serial numbers for delivery will be
assigned after the program receives the final FAA Certification and
just prior to each aircraft going into production," said
Bartles.
"Recently, Sino Swearingen set an aviation industry world record
by completing the Ultimate Cabin Pressurization Testing to 34.1
PSI," said Dr. Carl Chen, President and Chief Executive Officer of
SSAC. "No aircraft in the world has been successfully tested to
this level previously. Customers will relax in the world’s
optimum pressurized aircraft with a SEA LEVEL cabin while flying at
41,000 ft. and a 1,800 ft cabin at 49,000 ft. The company has made
substantial progress toward the FAA Type Certification and all
major structural testing is complete."
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