The Myasishchev Experimental Machinery Building Plant plans to deliver the first M-101T Gzhel single-engined turboprop by July - seven months after the six-seat aircraft received Russian AP-23 type certification and more than 10 years after the programme was launched.
A total of eight Gzhels are scheduled for delivery this year, says the company.
The six-seat Gzhel is powered by a 560kW (750hp) Walter M601F turboshaft and is priced at about $1.3 million.
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.
