Italy's General Avia has appointed Transal Aero Service of the Netherlands as a distributor for its F-22 range of two-seat single-engine trainers. The company will take delivery of a $109,000 Textron Lycoming IO-320-D2A-powered F-22B Penguin by the end of this month, with the second aircraft, a $149,500 F-22C, scheduled for delivery at the end of November.
Source: Flight International
Shortages of cast metallic parts and other components continue hindering Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) ability to produce new engines and to ramp up maintenance work needed to address its recall of PW1000G geared turbofans.
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