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Type Certificate Amendment for Glass Cockpit on 750XL

Flight Structures is proud to announce that the 750XL EFIS system (glass cockpit) has been approved by CAA NZ Type Certificate Amendment.

This system is a full glass cockpit consisting of a Garmin G600TXi, GTN750 and 750 Navigation and Communications units, MVP-50T Engine Instrument, and a MD302 Standby Attitude Module.

We congratulate NZ Skydive Ltd (manufacturers of 750XL aircraft) on reaching this milestone and thank the Civil Aviation Authority for their support to see the project through to completion.

Flight Structures has managed the design office for NZ Skydive Ltd since mid-2021 . Well done to our team, and to all involved at all stages of the project to get to this point.

Glass Cockpit on the 750XL
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Pacific Aerospace Gain Part 146 Certificate

Yesterday Flight Structures were delighted to receive the Pacific Aerospace Part 146, Design Organisation Certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand. Pacific Aerospace, Flight Structures and the CAANZ have been working on this through the last few months, including through lockdowns in the Waikato region.

Jon Kerr is the Chief Designer for Pacific Aerospace, Kyle Knight is the Programme Manager , and they are supported by a team from Flight Structures including Murray McGregor, Dave Roberts, Daniel Mossman, Basil Eldo, Hemi Jones and Adam Jones.

Regaining the Certificate is a major milestone in the progress by the new owners towards completing the Super PAC aircraft which the team are working on.

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