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EBACE 2011: Nextant 400XT Makes EBACE Debut, Nears FAA Certification
The first production-conforming Nextant Aerospace 400XT is making its public debut on the EBACE static display, just days after the type’s Williams FJ44-3A

The first production-conforming Nextant Aerospace 400XT is making its public debut on the EBACE static display, just days after the type’s Williams FJ44-3AP engines received U.S. FAA technical standard order (TSO) approval.

With this approval out of the way, supplemental type certification (STC) for the 400XT is expected next month, Nextant president James Miller said yesterday at an EBACE press conference. FAA officials are expected to wrap up their flight tests by early next week, and function and reliability testing is planned to be completed by June 15, paving the way for STC approval by June 30.