Engines

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

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Rolls-Royce sees a need for 51,000 engines by 2025

Continued vigorous growth in business jet deliveries, particularly among midsize and large jets, will generate $70 billion worth of revenue for the engine
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On-wing hot sections for FJ44s

Williams International (Booth No.
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Jet-Care adds P&W, Williams

Jet-Care International (Booth No.
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PW300 series on the agenda at P&WC’s tech session

Pratt & Whitney Canada will present a two-hour session from 1 p.m.
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Honeywell enters 10K thrust zone

On the eve of NBAA 2006, Honeywell made it official that it is developing technology and hardware toward launch of a 10,000-pound-thrust turbofan engine fo
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New Engine Technology

With fuel prices at noticeably higher levels and Stage 4 noise requirements proposed to take effect next January 1, industry and government are working fur
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Measuring Aircraft Emissions

NASA has been studying various types of emissions from commercial aircraft to develop ways to reduce emissions and protect the environment.
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Snecma’s Silvercrest turbofan family a challenger in 10,000-lb-thrust class

Engine manufacturers are gearing up for development programs aimed at bringing new generations of 10,000-pound-thrust turbofans to business aviation.
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Rolls-Royce CorporateCare program grows

Rolls-Royce is reporting growth of its CorporateCare power-by-the-hour engine maintenance program, saying that it has signed more than 120 contracts this y
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Now More Places To Get GE CF34 Service

All six General Dynamics Service Centers have joined General Electric’s CF34 service center network.
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Sport-Jet Gets an Engine Change

Colorado-based Excel Jet selected the 1,500-pound-thrust FJ33-4A turbofan for the single-engine Sport-Jet.
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Another flight ops double flameout

On November 28, a Flight Options Beechjet 400A experienced a double engine flameout at FL380 while on a positioning flight.
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Pratt & Whitney celebrates 80 years

When engine maker Pratt & Whitney opened its first machine shop in a tobacco warehouse in Hartford, Conn., 80 years ago last month, former Wright Aeronauti
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EBACE 2005: Engines

GE Honda Aero Engines, though it has yet to announce an airframe application for its engine, continues to develop its HF118 1,700-pound-thrus
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Honeywell developing new engine technologies

A new powder-metal turbine disk that Honeywell calls Alloy 10 might show up soon in an engine near you, according to Ron Rich, director of advanced technol
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Fault code interrogation of DEEC data for TFE731s

Jet-Care International is offering a diagnostic tool for monitoring the condition of Honeywell TFE731 engines.
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Gulfstream cuts GII and GIII parts prices

Snecma of Chengdu, China (SSAMC), is expanding its repair capability and has added 11 new technicians to its engine overhaul operation.
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Standard Aero gets Canadian Nod for PW100 Hot Sections

Operators of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 turboprop now have another choice for hot section inspections.
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New Engine Technology

Engine manufacturers are ready to benefit from the hot market for new business aircraft and helicopters in the coming decades.
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BizJet becomes Honeywell TFE731 service center

With more than 15 years’ experience working on the TFE731 engine as an independent FAR 145 Repair Station, BizJet International has recently become a major
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GE Honda refines HF118 engine

GE Honda Aero Engines recently completed component and engine core tests to validate several performance enhancements for its in-development 1,700-pound-th
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Merlin Had Engine Problems Before Crash

The crash landing of the Merlin twin turboprop at Teterboro Airport, N.J., on May 31 followed a flight in which the pilot had aborted his first takeoff at
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Paris Air Show 2005: This year's show set records for both attendance and number of sales logged

First the good news, or at least the news that most people in the international aerospace and defense industry can agree on.
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P&WC & Cessna expand citation aftermarket support

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has entered an agreement with Cessna Aircraft to offer PowerAdvantage Plus (PA+), an expanded pay-by-the-hour maintenance pro
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NTSB dismisses emergency suspension of four mechanics

Montreal-based Innotech Aviation has been approved as a line service center for Honeywell’s HTF 7000 turbofan engine.
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Small engines may spawn a new class of turboprops

The so-called “father of very light jets,” Eclipse CEO and president Vern Raburn, knows this new class of small jets wouldn’t even be possible without suit
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2005 AIN Product Support Report

For the third consecutive year in AIN’s Product Support Survey, readers gave Gulfstream top marks for both its newer business jets (less than 10 yea
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New CEO Named at Williams International

Gregg Williams, who has been president and COO of Williams International for eight years, has been named CEO.
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New business jet engine in the works at Snecma

The French engine manufacturer Snecma plans to develop an all-new engine to power new business and regional jets, the company announced last month.
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After 40 years TPE331 soldiers on

Honeywell’s business aviation segment recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of the TPE331 turboprop at its Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport faci