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Meanwhile, N502EA will be used to explore the top of the flight envelope in terms of flutter and speed. "We have already filled out most of the envelope, but this one will be used to perform VDIVE tests [115% of VNE – never exceed speed]," says Raburn. The dive speed is therefore expected to be around 315kt indicated airspeed, while maximum operating Mach number is set at 0.64.
Then we have the corporate world. We didn't think there was a big, big corporate business out there. Ultimately, we thought we might sell one for one, but now it could be three or as many as six to one. That's 500 to 600 aircraft a year for the corporate world. That's before we count aircraft for the air-taxi and logistics markets. This is no longer Vern's wild-haired fantasy – this is turning into reality, he says.