Winnipeg River Aircraft of Manitoba, Canada is now a General Electric authorised service centre for M601 and H80 turboprop engines. The H80, scheduled to enter service on the Thrush 510 later this year, is based on the Walter M601. GE bought Walter Engines in 2008.
Source: Flight International
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.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has embarked on a government-supported project to evaluate using hydrogen as fuel for a PW127XT turboprop.
