Hollywood, FL (September 16th, 2015) The January 1st, 2016 deadline for all aircraft to comply with Stage 3 Noise regulations has Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) busy meeting the inevitable late ‘Rush to Hush.” Available slots for the 4th Quarter 2015 are fast selling out and QTA is now planning to extend production into 2016 to ensure every operator who wants to keep their GII, GIIB or GIII aircraft in operation can do so. As of this date QTA has upgraded over 130 Gulfstream aircraft with the Hush Kit.
BACKGROUND
QTA is the market leader in the production and installation of Stage 3 Hush Kits for the Gulfstream family of Rolls-Royce Spey powered aircraft, the GII, GIIB and GIII. First certified in February 2003 QTA has over 12 years of operational experience and accumulated over 200,000 flight hours and 90,000 cycles.
KEY BENEFITS OF THE QTA HUSH KIT
• Lightest in class, just 240 lbs total installed weight.
• Performance unchanged.
• Range unchanged, fly any city pair the aircraft currently flies.
• Quietest in class based on FAA certified noise levels.
• Meets all worldwide noise regulations.
• The only solution that complies with the European/Swiss/Australian ‘Marginal Compliance’ requirement of meeting Stage 3 noise limits by a margin of 5 decibels or more. Add to that the reduc-tion in internal cabin noise which makes a GIII comparable to much newer aircraft.
• Proven reliability, minimal maintenance and low cost of ownership proven over 13 years of operation.
• Up to 7 decibels reduction in internal cabin noise.
• Installation completed in 10 days, including a set of exchange, overhauled (or 4,000 cycle inspection)
• Thrust Reversers.
LEGISLATION
Under the FAA reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2013 the phase out of Stage 2 business jets was set for midnight December 31st, 2015. The FAA has since amended Part 91 regulations mandating this compliance. Operators of these Gulfstream aircraft have only two options to Hush Kit their aircraft or retire their aircraft.
ABOUT QTA
QTA, founded in 1986 as Quiet Nacelle Corp (QNC) first developed a Stage 2 Hush Kit for the DC8 which was an industry first in the use of carbon graphite for the acoustic inlet barrel and fan ducts. The same technology was later applied to the B707 Stage 2 and Stage 3 hush kits for the DC8, C-135 (USAF) and the BAC 1-11(also Rolls Royce Spey powered).
QTA applied these noise suppression technologies and carbon graphite structural expertise to develop the Stage 3 Hush kit for the Gulfstream family of aircraft and achieved the objectives of minimum weight, no performance/range loss and unrestricted worldwide access. As one operator put it, “I can go anywhere a GIV can, at a fraction of the overall cost.”
With over 25 years of experience QTA can claim to have a 100% dispatch reliability and ‘ZERO’ structural failures with exceptional in service reliability. Based on this experience QTA provides a 48 month structural/corrosion guarantee.
