I-SAVANNAH, Ga. - I-Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. iphinde yaqala inkqubo yokuvavanya indiza ye-G650, emva kokumiswa kwexeshana lokuhamba ngendiza emva kwengozi ye-2 ka-Aprili. Indiza yokuqala ukususela kwingozi yenzeke ngoMeyi 28, kunye neNombolo yeSerial 6001 indiza ngeyure eli-1 kunye nemizuzu engama-39. Abasebenzi baquka abaqhubi abaphezulu bovavanyo lovavanyo uJake Howard kunye noTom Horne kunye neNjineli yoVavanyo lweFlight uBill Osborne.
"Senze lonke uphononongo oluyimfuneko ukuziqinisekisa ukuba singakwazi ukuqhubeka ngenkqubo yovavanyo lwenqwelomoya okwangoku," utshilo u-Pres Henne, usekela-mongameli omkhulu, iiNkqubo, ubuNjineli kunye noVavanyo, eGulfstream. “Sisebenze ngokusondeleyo ne-Federal Aviation Administration kule nkqubo saza safumana imvumelwano ye-arhente yokuqhubeka novavanyo lwenqwelomoya. Luxanduva lwethu ukuqhubela phambili nenkqubo yovavanyo lwenqwelomoya, kwaye oko siza kukwenza ngendlela ekhuselekileyo nenobulumko. I-G650 izakungena kwinkonzo njengeyona nto iphambili kwimveliso yethu, apho iyakubonisa eyona teknoloji ibalaseleyo kwezorhwebo. ”
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, inkqubo yovavanyo lwenqwelomoya ye-G650 ifezekisile iinqwelomoya ezingama-470, eqokelela iiyure ezili-1,560 ukuya kwiiyure ezingama-2,200 eziqikelelweyo ezifunekayo ukulungiselela ukuqinisekiswa. I-Gulfstream yaqala ukubhabha kunye neenqwelomoya ezine eziseleyo zokuvavanya inqwelo moya. Inkampani isalindele ukuqinisekiswa ngo-2011, kunye nokungena kwenkonzo ngo-2012, njengoko kwakucetywe ekuqaleni xa kuqaliswa uluntu ngo-2008.
IGulfstream iyaqhubeka nokusebenzisana neBhodi yoKhuseleko kuThutho kaZwelonke (NTSB) kuphando lwayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 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.
