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News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.
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Diversity helping P&WC weather the recession
Pratt & Whitney Canada president Alain Bellemare said at a press conference here yesterday that he was optimistic about the continued growth of the eng
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P&WC reports on its PW600 series plans
Pratt & Whitney Canada announced last year at NBAA 2000 that it had embarked on development of a new line of turboprop, turboshaft and turbofan engines
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News Note: Altair Avionics unveils latest turbine management system
For the latest in seamless data acquisition, retrieval and management solutions, get in touch with Altair Avionics Corp.
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Garrett offers engine and panel upgrades
Garrett Aviation Services has extended its maintenance-cost-per-hour (MCPH) program to CJ610 turbojet engines on Learjet 20 series aircraft.
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Engine programs on track at Honeywell
Through mid-September, the Honeywell AS907 engine program had logged more than 3,500 hr of configuration testing and over 8,000 hr of total test time inclu
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Rolls-Royce Completes BR725 Engine Test
Rolls-Royce last month made the first run of the 16,000-pound-thrust BR725 engine at its facility in Dahlewitz, Germany.
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Third Continental enters flight-test program
A third super-midsize Continental last month entered flight testing with a 1 hr 53 min flight from Bombardier’s Wichita Flight Test Center.
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Startup to offer 560-lb-thrust turbofan
Price Induction, a startup company based in Anglet, France, is studying a 560-lb-thrust high-bypass-ratio turbofan that would establish a new thrust class.
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Walter Beech King Air 90 STC expanded
Clintonville, Wis.-based Performance Conversions has received an STC for installing 751-shp Czech-built Walter M601E-11 turboprop engines and five-blade Av
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Upgraded Citation X engine receives FAA nod
The uprated Rolls-Royce AE3007-C1 engine for the 2002 Citation X (starting with S/N 0173) has received FAA certification.
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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
