iscoverPratt & Whitney says it has successfully completed initial ground testing of the first PurePower PW1000G series engine. The PW1524G, being developed for Bombardier’s CSeries, completed nearly 200 hours of ground tests at the company’s West Palm Beach, Florida facility, which the company says confirmed results of its 2008 geared turbofan demonstration program. This content
ATR has officially signed a contract for the sale of nine ATR 72-600 aircraft to Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Airlines. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this
Boeing has rolled out its new 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jet, in a ceremony attended by thousands of guests, customers, employees, government officials and suppliers at its plant in Everett, Washington on February 13. At an event themed “Incredible, Again”, the first 747-8I was revealed in a new “Sunrise” red-orange livery, which Boeing says symbolises prosperity
The fifth Boeing 747-8F to join the flight test program made its first flight on February 4. According to Boeing, “The flight included a standard 2 hour, 30 minute ‘B1’ flight profile that Boeing conducts on all production airplanes prior to delivery, plus an hour of engineering testing woven into the profile”. This content is
Airbus will increase its A330 Family production rate to 10 aircraft a month from the second quarter of 2013. The popular twin is currently being built at a rate of eight per month, with an increase to nine per month already planned for early 2012. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
Boeing rolled out the 1000th 767 at ceremony at its Everett facility on February 2. The 1000th example of Boeing’s first widebody twin was a 767-300ER for ANA, and was the last to be built on the existing 767 assembly line. 767s from aircraft 1001 on are being built on what Boeing calls “a new,
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