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News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.
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P&WC runs new engine targeted for light jets
With the completion of its first run on October 31, Pratt & Whitney Canada initiated testing of its 2,500-lb-thrust PW625F engine demonstrator.
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New fan rotor disc must be installed on TFE731
Operators of about 1,100 Honeywell TFE731-2, -3 and -4 engines have until December 31 next year to replace fan rotor discs with improved ones under a new A
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Legacy on certification final
Brazilian certification of the Embraer Legacy is expected this month, following the prototype’s return from its European tour.
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TFE731 makes history with 10,000th delivery
In the ever-fluid world of aerospace, to build and deliver a thousand of any major aircraft system is a milestone worthy of note.
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Other voices: Is Rolls-Royce repeating the errors of Allison?
The recent article in AIN covering the Rolls-Royce and PMA business surrounding the Model 250 engines was nice to read (“Rolls, Extex,
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Snecma courts RJ OEMs with DEM 21 turbofan
French engine manufacturer Snecma is developing a new high-pressure core for regional jet applications, dubbed DEM 21 for “21st century demonstrator,” in t
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Honeywell Ready To Add More Zing To TFE731
Honeywell expects to complete field evaluation testing of its Zing remote diagnostic service for TFE731 engines by the end of next month.
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Honeywell mulls lawsuit after GE merger blowout
In the fallout from the failed merger of General Electric and Honeywell, Honeywell’s board of directors last month huddled to contemplate whether the compa
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Snecma Silvercrest engine completes core tests
Snecma announced here at EBACE that the core demonstrator of its Silvercrest business jet engine has completed a series of tests.
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Hindustan aeronautics to build TPE331T-props for commercial apps
Honeywell’s Swiss subsidiary, Honeywell International Sarl, and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
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PW810 finds its niche via airliner industry’s back door
What presented the impetus for the PW810’s development?
When we started to talk about the PW800 family [in the late 1990s], we were talking abo
When we started to talk about the PW800 family [in the late 1990s], we were talking abo
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CJ4 flies with Williams’ new
Cessna Aircraft is here at EBACE, sailing high after the successful first flight of its Citation CJ4 prototype early this month.
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Silvercrest still on target for 2011
Though still without a launch program for its new 9,500- to 12,000-pound thrust engine, Snecma reports good progress in developing its new Silvercrest powe
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OEMs eye 10k engine sector
A year ago, EBACE was full of talk about which engine manufacturers would compete for the upcoming requirement for a 10,000-pound-thrust class engine to po
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News Note: Turbomeca boosts customer-support
Turbomeca has boosted its customer-support operation, increasing its team of field-service representatives to 40 and its service centers to 23.
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Regionals Update: AVIC I selects GE to power ARJ21 regional jet
China’s AVIC I Commercial Aircraft Co.
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Eclipse drops Williams as engine supplier
Claiming that Williams International did not meet its “contractual obligations” and is “significantly behind schedule” in development of the EJ22 turbofan
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Another Gulfstream hush kit close to STC
Miami-based Quiet Technologies said the FAA now has all the test data, and the company expects to receive an STC for its Gulfstream II/III Stage 3 hush kit
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P&WC launches e-business supplier portal
Pratt & Whitney Canada last month launched an e-business supplier portal designed to share information in real time with the Longueuil, Quebec, company
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Another Walter Beech mod gets STC'd
LoneStar Propjets of Waco, Texas, has received an STC to replace the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprops on the King Air 90 through C90 series with P
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P&WC flies PW600 demo engine
The PW600 family of small turbofans, in the form of a 2,500-lb-thrust demonstrator engine, entered flight test last month mounted on P&WC’s Boeing 720
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Tougher, longer-lived engines are emerging
Turbine-engine technology development is going in two directions.
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Engines Power Prospects at Show
The biggest engine deal of Farnborough 2002 was undoubtedly FedEx’s selection of the Engine Alliance’s GP7200 engines to power its 10 A380 cargo megaliners
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NASA turns up the heat on cooperative turbofan research
Two NASA-industry partnerships could produce tangible benefits for aircraft operators in the near term.
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Safire Rethinks Engine Choice for S-26 Twinjet
The in-development 1,000-lb-thrust turbofan from startup Agilis Engines apparently isn’t a shoo-in for the Safire S-26 personal twinjet, as previously indi
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P&WC Seeking Airframes for New Engines
An airframe match for one or both new small turbofan designs currently under development by Pratt & Whitney Canada may be announced at this month’s NBA
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Embraer ERJ-145XR Engine Receives FAA Nod
Rolls-Royce received FAA certification of the AE3007A-1E turbofan, the powerplant for the Embraer ERJ-145XR.
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P&WC To Consolidate Flight-test Ops
Pratt & Whitney Canada last month announced its plan to invest $90 million in the construction of a new flight-test operations center at Montreal Mirab
