SAVANNAH, Ga. - Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. yakatanga zvakare chirongwa cheG650 chekuongorora ndege, mushure mekumiswa kwenguva pfupi kwekubhururuka mushure menjodzi yaApril 2. Ndege yekutanga kubva patsaona yakaitika Chivabvu 28, ine Serial Number 6001 ichibhururuka kweawa imwe nemaminetsi makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe. Vashandi vacho vaisanganisira vatyairi vekuyedza bvunzo dzepamusoro Jake Howard naTom Horne uye Flight Test Engineer Bill Osborne.
"Takaita ongororo dzese dzinodiwa kuti tive nechokwadi chekuti tinogona kutangazve chirongwa chekuyedza-ndege panguva ino," akadaro Pres Henne, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wepamusoro, Zvirongwa, Injiniya uye Test, Gulfstream. "Takashanda pamwe neFederal Aviation Administration mukuita uku uye takagamuchira chibvumirano chesangano kuti titangezve kuongorora ndege. Ibasa redu kufambira mberi nechirongwa chekuyedza-ndege, uye tichazviita nenzira yakachengetedzeka uye nehungwaru. Iyo G650 ichapinda sevhisi semutsetse wechigadzirwa chedu, kwainomiririra yakanyanya kunaka mubhizinesi rendege tekinoroji. "
Kusvika pari zvino, chirongwa cheG650 chekuyedza ndege chapedza ndege mazana mana nemakumi manomwe, zvichiunganidza maawa 470 kusvika kumaawa anofungidzirwa 1,560 anodiwa kuti apihwe zvitupa. Gulfstream yakatangazve kubhururuka nendege ina dzasara dzekuyedza kubhururuka. Iyo kambani ichiri kutarisira certification muna 2,200, nekupinda masevhisi muna 2011, sezvakarongwa pakutanga pakuvhurwa kweruzhinji ndege muna 2012.
Gulfstream inoenderera mberi nekushandira pamwe neNational Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) mukuferefeta kwayo.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- It is our responsibility to move forward with the flight-test program, and we will do so in a safe and prudent manner.
- The company still anticipates certification in 2011, with service entry in 2012, as was originally planned at the aircraft’s public launch in 2008.
- The G650 will enter service as the flagship of our product line, where it will represent the very best in business aviation technology.
