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In The Works: Sino Swearingen SJ30-2

After almost a year without a stated estimate of a certification target date for its SJ30-2, San Antonio-based Sino Swearingen now says it expects to recei

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

February 1, 2007

After almost a year without a stated estimate of a certification target date for its SJ30-2, San Antonio-based Sino Swearingen now says it expects to receive the type certificate under Part 23 (commuter category) in the third quarter of next year.

Two airplanes are in the flight-test program, “flying seven days a week,” said Gene Comfort, senior vice president of sales and marketing. A third test aircraft is now under final assembly, with the wings about to be mated to the fuselage, but Comfort would not speculate on when this airplane would begin flying.

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