Adam’s A700 carbon composite twin-jet has completed a series of environmental tests that exposed the aircraft to extreme weather conditions — the results will be used to improve the aircraft’s design before it heads to hot and cold weather certification testing. Those tests, says the company, will be completed later this year. The extreme weather testing exposed the aircraft and its systems to freezing rain, fog, blowing snow and temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. The aircraft successfully performed engine starts from the batteries at that temperature. The A700 received FAA type inspection authorization Nov. 30, allowing the company to begin flight testing. Last month, Adam announced it is expecting to add 1,225 new full-time jobs to its Ogden facilities over the next two years. Once the aircraft is certified, the company’s Ogden facilities are expected to produce ten to 15 aircraft per month.
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