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Gulfstream Aerospace has added its third flight test G600 aircraft to its flight test program. The aircraft completed its first flight May 5 and will undergo numerous system tests required for FAA certification, expected in 2018. It will undergo field performance testing to assess handling in multiple runway configurations to generate takeoff and landing data. The first G600 flew its maiden flight in December. A second test aircraft flew on Feb. 24.
Tradewind Aviation, which operates shuttle and on-demand flights in the U.S. and Caribbean, has added three new Pilatus PC-12 eight-seat aircraft to its fleet and added a new hub at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. Tradewind, which operates scheduled service from Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, now operates 21 aircraft, including 18 PC-12 turboprops and three Citation light business jets. It operates the second largest civilian Pilatus fleet in North America.
The restored B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” logged a successful maintenance flight May 4 and cleared the way for the warbird’s first air show stop for the Defenders of Liberty Air Show at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana.
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co., the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has acquired a significant minority stake in Axtmann Aviation Holding.
Embattled aerospace supplier Triumph Group has struck a deal with creditors that could lead to insolvency for its Vought Aircraft unit, whose roots date to the dawn of powered aviation.
Textron Aviation won’t confirm it, but multiple sources say production appears to have been suspended at Textron Aviation’s plant in Independence, Kansas, after a rise in popularity of the Citation M2.
A year after its acquisition of aviation sales firm Kansas Aircraft Corp., JetAviva is moving its operations and headquarters from Austin, Texas, to the Kansas City area.
FAI rent-a-jet, doing business as Flight Ambulance International, has added a fourth Bombardier Global Express and a sixth Bombardier Challenger 604 to its fleet.
