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

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Two new contenders vie to power future RJs

Pratt & Whitney Canada and the French-Russian Snecma-NPO Saturn joint venture are knocking at the door of the market for regional-jet turbofan engines.

Engines

October 16, 2007

P&WC tapped to power redesigned Eclipse 500

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW610F turbofan engine will power the Eclipse 500, the two companies announced on February 19, ending nearly three months of specu

Engines

October 11, 2007

Orenda V8 Program Runs Out of Gas

Following years of setbacks in trying to complete STCs for the installation of its 600-hp turbocharged V8 piston engine in King Airs and other business air

Engines

October 11, 2007

Williams FJ33 to power Safire personal jet

Safire Aircraft selected the Williams FJ33, derated to 1,100 pounds thrust, to power the Florida company’s S-26 very light twinjet.

Engines

October 11, 2007

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Free Upgrade for Some TFE731-2 Operators

Certain operators of the Learjet 30 and Falcon 10/100 series are eligible to receive a free upgrade that converts their Honeywell TFE731-2 engines to -2C v

Engines

October 11, 2007

New Honeywell president will see AS907 to market

Russell Turner, a former top executive for Boeing’s United Space Alliance business in Houston, is the new president of Honeywell Aerospace’s $4.7 billion E

Engines

October 11, 2007

Walter Engine Mod Under Way for Caravan

AOG Air Support of Kelowna, B.C., Canada is undertaking a program to convert Cessna 208 Caravans from their original 675-shp P&WC PT6 to the 751-shp Walter

Engines

October 8, 2007

TDG Aero intros fault-interuption device

TDG Aerospace has introduced the Universal Fault Interrupter (UFI 3000), designed to prevent ignition sources resulting from arcing events in aircraft elec

Engines

October 8, 2007

Teal: 41,000 turbofans to be built by 2013

Teal Group announced the results of its market analysis for the turbofan industry, predicting a total of 40,989 turbofan engines will be built in the 10 ye

Engines

October 8, 2007

Signs of life begin to emerge at moribund Dornier factory

The empty hangars at Oberpfaffenhofen airfield outside Munich reflect a stark impression of the decline Germany’s aerospace industry has experienced over t

Engines

October 8, 2007

Filtering out the noise surrounding Stage 4

At its triennial meeting in Montreal in early October, the ICAO Assembly–which includes representatives from all 187 ICAO member nations–approved a more fl

Engines

October 4, 2007

Challenger owner sues over engine anomalies

How many in-flight engine shutdowns have you had in your career? For the crew of a General Electric CF34-powered Challenger 604 owned by David Wetherell, t

Engines

October 4, 2007

Enigmatic D’Long in race to fund flight of relaunched 728

When China’s D’Long Group announced last year it would buy the Fairchild Dornier 728 development program from bankruptcy administrators, many questioned th

Engines

October 4, 2007

First Flight in Flux of Williams-powered Learjet

First flight of a Williams FJ44-2C-powered Learjet 25D continues to be a moving target as Guthrie, Okla.-based Spirit Wing awaits delivery of the engine na

Engines

October 3, 2007

GE, Honeywell Formally Cancel Merger Pact

General Electric and Honeywell International formally terminated their merger agreement, four months after European regulators rejected the proposed $45 bi

Engines

October 3, 2007

FJ44-powered Learjet Program Progressing Slowly

After some 100 flights, Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., has completed development testing of its Williams FJ44-powered Learjet 25D and expected to

Engines

October 3, 2007

Certified GII/III hush kits finally near end of tunnel

While three companies are competing to market FAR Part 36 Stage 3 hush kits for the Gulfstream II, IIB and III, two–Really Quiet and Stage III Technologies

Engines

October 3, 2007

Eclipse 500 Engine Preps for First Flight in August

Pratt & Whitney Canada is starting its second month of ground runs of the PW610F, the smallest of the company’s new PW600-series engines and the powerp

Engines

October 3, 2007

Cessna launches Mustang engine flight-testing

Flight testing of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F–the engine Cessna selected for the Citation Mustang–got under way in Wichita on April 27.

Engines

October 3, 2007

P&WC hastens support for new engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada is seeing its engines enter service on three new business airplanes this year–the Dassault Falcon 7X, Cessna Mustang and Eclipse

Engines

September 26, 2007

Engines

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

Latest

Two new contenders vie to power future RJs

Pratt & Whitney Canada and the French-Russian Snecma-NPO Saturn joint venture are knocking at the door of the market for regional-jet turbofan engines.

P&WC tapped to power redesigned Eclipse 500

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW610F turbofan engine will power the Eclipse 500, the two companies announced on February 19, ending nearly three months of specu

Orenda V8 Program Runs Out of Gas

Following years of setbacks in trying to complete STCs for the installation of its 600-hp turbocharged V8 piston engine in King Airs and other business air

Williams FJ33 to power Safire personal jet

Safire Aircraft selected the Williams FJ33, derated to 1,100 pounds thrust, to power the Florida company’s S-26 very light twinjet.

Videos

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Free Upgrade for Some TFE731-2 Operators

Certain operators of the Learjet 30 and Falcon 10/100 series are eligible to receive a free upgrade that converts their Honeywell TFE731-2 engines to -2C v

New Honeywell president will see AS907 to market

Russell Turner, a former top executive for Boeing’s United Space Alliance business in Houston, is the new president of Honeywell Aerospace’s $4.7 billion E

Walter Engine Mod Under Way for Caravan

AOG Air Support of Kelowna, B.C., Canada is undertaking a program to convert Cessna 208 Caravans from their original 675-shp P&WC PT6 to the 751-shp Walter

TDG Aero intros fault-interuption device

TDG Aerospace has introduced the Universal Fault Interrupter (UFI 3000), designed to prevent ignition sources resulting from arcing events in aircraft elec

Teal: 41,000 turbofans to be built by 2013

Teal Group announced the results of its market analysis for the turbofan industry, predicting a total of 40,989 turbofan engines will be built in the 10 ye

Signs of life begin to emerge at moribund Dornier factory

The empty hangars at Oberpfaffenhofen airfield outside Munich reflect a stark impression of the decline Germany’s aerospace industry has experienced over t

Filtering out the noise surrounding Stage 4

At its triennial meeting in Montreal in early October, the ICAO Assembly–which includes representatives from all 187 ICAO member nations–approved a more fl

Challenger owner sues over engine anomalies

How many in-flight engine shutdowns have you had in your career? For the crew of a General Electric CF34-powered Challenger 604 owned by David Wetherell, t

Enigmatic D’Long in race to fund flight of relaunched 728

When China’s D’Long Group announced last year it would buy the Fairchild Dornier 728 development program from bankruptcy administrators, many questioned th

First Flight in Flux of Williams-powered Learjet

First flight of a Williams FJ44-2C-powered Learjet 25D continues to be a moving target as Guthrie, Okla.-based Spirit Wing awaits delivery of the engine na

GE, Honeywell Formally Cancel Merger Pact

General Electric and Honeywell International formally terminated their merger agreement, four months after European regulators rejected the proposed $45 bi

FJ44-powered Learjet Program Progressing Slowly

After some 100 flights, Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., has completed development testing of its Williams FJ44-powered Learjet 25D and expected to

Certified GII/III hush kits finally near end of tunnel

While three companies are competing to market FAR Part 36 Stage 3 hush kits for the Gulfstream II, IIB and III, two–Really Quiet and Stage III Technologies

Eclipse 500 Engine Preps for First Flight in August

Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada is starting its second month of ground runs of the PW610F, the smallest of the company’s new PW600-series engines and the powerp

Cessna launches Mustang engine flight-testing

Flight testing of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F–the engine Cessna selected for the Citation Mustang–got under way in Wichita on April 27.

P&WC hastens support for new engines

Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada is seeing its engines enter service on three new business airplanes this year–the Dassault Falcon 7X, Cessna Mustang and Eclipse

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Pratt & Whitney Canada is starting its second month of ground runs of the PW610F, the smallest of the company’s new PW600-series engines and the powerp

Pratt & Whitney Canada is seeing its engines enter service on three new business airplanes this year–the Dassault Falcon 7X, Cessna Mustang and Eclipse