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Nextant Gets 'Full' FAA Sign-off on G90XT
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: The certification of the single-lever power control system on the G90XT, followed previous approvals for the GE H75 engines and Garmin G1000 avionics.
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Cleveland-based Nextant Aerospace has received full approval for the G90XT turboprop, with U.S. certification for a new single-lever power control system, the company announced last month. Nextant called the latest FAA sign-off the “final piece of certification” that followed previous approvals for the GE H75 engines and Garmin G1000 avionics on the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90A.

“Our goal was to bring a level of technology to the King Air platform that has been missing for decades,” said Nextant executive v-p Jay Heublein. “While the King Air is recognized as the most successful platform in the history of business aviation, the fleet has not benefited from the significant advances in technology that its counterpart in the jet market has.”

This certification makes it the first turboprop to feature approved single-lever power control technology with a complete electronic engine control system, Nextant said. The G90XT integrates both engine and fuel monitoring on a digital basis into the multifunction display. It is also is equipped with a new digital pressurization system, an environmental cooling system that triples the previous cooling capacity, and an interior that features a new composite shell, seats and an improved cabin layout.

EASA validation is expected in the next 120 days, Nextant said. With FAA certification now in hand, the company is launching a U.S. tour of the aircraft.

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