Pilatus Aircraft has delivered the 700th PC-12 since the single- engined turboprop entered service in 1994. The handover in April was of the second of three PC-12s bound for a private Canadian owner. Pilatus is developing its Next Generation PC-12, which is scheduled for certification at the end of the year featuring a Honeywell Primus Apex avionics system, a new cockpit designed by BMW DesignworksUSA, and a more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P engine.
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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.
The engine-maker says the successful demonstration involved a GE Aerospace CT7 turboshaft engine combined with internally-produced electric machine and power electronics.
GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s wings and other structures.
