I-SAVANNAH, Ga. – I-Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. iqalise kabusha uhlelo lokuhlola indiza ye-G650, kulandela ukumiswa okwesikhashana kokundiza ngemva kwengozi yango-April 2. Indiza yokuqala selokhu kwenzeke ingozi ngoMeyi 28, i-serial Number 6001 indize ihora elingu-1 nemizuzu engama-39. Iqembu lalihlanganisa abashayeli bezindiza bokuhlola abaphezulu u-Jake Howard no-Tom Horne kanye noNjiniyela Wokuhlola Indiza uBill Osborne.
"Senze zonke izibuyekezo ezidingekayo ukuze siziqinisekise ukuthi singaphinda siqhubeke ngokuphepha uhlelo lokuhlola indiza kuleli phuzu," kusho u-Pres Henne, iphini likamongameli omkhulu, Izinhlelo, Ubunjiniyela Nokuhlolwa, eGulfstream. “Sisebenzisene kakhulu neFederal Aviation Administration kulolu hlelo futhi sathola ukuvumelana kwale nhlangano ukuthi siqale kabusha ukuhlola indiza. Kuyisibopho sethu ukuqhubekela phambili nohlelo lokuhlola indiza, futhi sizokwenza lokho ngendlela ephephile nehlakaniphile. I-G650 izongenela umsebenzi njengohamba phambili emugqeni womkhiqizo wethu, lapho izomela khona okuhle kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe bezindiza zebhizinisi. "
Kuze kube manje, uhlelo lokuhlola indiza ye-G650 selufeze izindiza ezingama-470, eziqongelela amahora angu-1,560 ukuya emahoreni alinganiselwe angu-2,200 adingekayo ukuze kunikezwe isitifiketi. I-Gulfstream iqale kabusha ukundiza ngezindiza ezine ezisele zokuhlola indiza. Inkampani isalindele ukunikezwa isitifiketi ngo-2011, nokungena kwesevisi ngo-2012, njengoba kwakuhleliwe ekuqaleni kwethulwa esidlangalaleni ngo-2008.
I-Gulfstream iyaqhubeka nokusebenzisana neBhodi Likazwelonke Lokuphepha Ezokuthutha (NTSB) ophenyweni lwayo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- 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.
