Embraer has delivered its 1,000th EMB-201/202 Ipanema crop-dusting aircraft, manufactured by its Neiva subsidiary at Botucatu, São Paulo. The aircraft, an ethanol-fueled Ipanema, was handed over to Sorriso-based Agrifor Agricultural Aviation and is one of 70 Ipanemas scheduled for delivery this year. Embraer has over 100 upgrade orders for the ethanol-fuelled, 300hp (225kW) Textron Lycoming IO-540-K1J5D-powered aircraft.
Source: Flight International
US regulator the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will take no immediate action to address a smoke-related issue involving the CFM International Leap-1B engines that power the Boeing 737 Max.
Airbus intends to finalise readiness of jigs and tools on its A350 final assembly line over the next six months in order to handle the manufacture of the freighter variant of the twinjet type. Designated the A350-1000F, the freighter is sized between the -900 and -1000 passenger versions and this, ...
Sweden’s Heart Aerospace has selected Plattsburgh International airport in upstate New York as the location for the maiden sortie of its HX-1 demonstrator – a flight that will take place with a pilot on board.
