Engines – Page 626
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Howmet agreement
Howmet Refurbishment has agreed a deal with Pratt & Whitney, making the company's Advanced Refurbishment and Coatings unit in North Haven, Connecticut, the first independent source for the repair of International Aero Engines V2500 A5/D5 aerofoil components. Source: Flight International
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Germany plans airborne A3XX simulation
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) is developing an in-flight simulation of an A3XX-type large commercial transport under contract from Airbus Industrie. Airbus wants the establishment to develop a reference model of an aircraft, based on the expected dimensions, weight and inertia of the ...
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SIA nears decision on Indian procurement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) is expected to make a final aircraft and engine selection by the end of this month for its proposed start-up joint-venture airline in India with Tata Industries. Competing for the order for up to 16 150-seat passenger aircraft are Boeing, with ...
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Airbus wins A330 ETOPS tickets
THE AIRBUS A330 has been awarded three simultaneous type-approvals by the European Joint Aviation Authorities for extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS). The General Electric CF6-80E1-powered version, which has had a year's service with Air Inter of France and Aer Lingus of Ireland, has won 180min approval. Aer Lingus aircraft ...
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R-R details Trent 890 flight-test schedule
Kieran Daly/DERBY ROLLS-ROYCE WILL begin flight testing of the Trent 890 for the Boeing 777 on the airframer's 747 testbed in late March. The company had hoped to avoid the 747 test phase, but Boeing insisted, following unexpected events with the rival Pratt & Whitney and ...
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Hispano/ZF combine on FLA transmission
SNECMA SUBSIDIARY Hispano-Suiza and ZF of Germany have formed a joint venture to supply high-power aerospace transmissions. The two will co-operate on a transmission for the Future Large Aircraft (FLA). The new group will be called Aerospace Power Transmissions. An initial accord has been signed with BMW Rolls-Royce, ...
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GE eyes growth from CRJ-X engine
GENERAL ELECTRIC'S newly unveiled CF34-8C turbofan for Canadair's proposed CRJ-X regional airliner may form the basis of an entirely new family of engines in the 60-80kN (13,000-18,000lb)-thrust class, says the company. The GE general manager for small commercial turbofans, Lloyd Thompson, has revealed the first details of the ...
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Reliable upgrade
Coltec Industries' Chandler Evans Control Systems division is offering to exchange the Allison 250 turbine-engine main fuel-pump for a new, more reliable and maintainable, pump "for about the price of an overhaul". Source: Flight International
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General Electric
General Electric Aircraft Engine Services of Nantgarw in the UK has won a five-year contract, worth about $60 million, to maintain the Pratt & Whitney JT9 engines powering Paris-based Corse Air's Boeing 747 fleet. Source: Flight International
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Biman Bangladesh
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has signed for two Airbus A310-300s, with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 turbofans, for delivery in the second and third quarters of 1996. It is the first order for the type in more than a year. Source: Flight International
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P&W MTU
Tom Davenport has been appointed head of Pratt & Whitney/MTU's mid-thrust engine programme. Dr Rainer Schwab has been named as his deputy. Davenport was most recently programme manager for the PW4084, while Schwab has held a variety of engineering management positions at MTU. Source: Flight International
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ANA re-jigs aircraft orders in fleet plan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has announced major new aircraft purchases, order deferrals and cancellations, resulting from a review of its fleet requirement up to 2000 and beyond The changes cover the purchase of 18 new Airbus A321s and A320s and Boeing 767s and 777s, ...
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EC.120 assembly to start shortly
FINAL ASSEMBLY OF THE first Eurocopter EC.120 light single-turbine helicopter will begin soon at Marignagne, France. The first flight is scheduled for the second half of 1995 and initial deliveries for 1997. The 1.5t gross-weight EC.120 is being developed jointly by Eurocopter France, Singapore Aerospace and CATIC of ...
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Upgraded A.109 may be on the way
AGUSTA HAS declined to comment on reports that it is developing an upgraded A.109 turbine twin which will be available with three engine options. Industry sources suggest that the Italian company has tested an improved Allison-powered variant and is about to begin flight tests of a Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
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AlliedSignal works on new versions of LT101 turboshaft
ALLIEDSIGNAL ENGINES is working on growth plans for the LT101 turboshaft as a possible future engine option for the Bell 430, the US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-60 Dolphin and a heavier BK117 under study at Eurocopter. The two-stage growth option would increase engine rating over the LTS101 750B1 ...
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Engine family enters market
MICHAEL ZOCHE Antriebstechnik of Munich is preparing to begin production of its family of radial aero-diesel engines, with the first flight on an aircraft due to take place within six months. Launch customer is Westinghouse Airships (WAI), which will fly the eight-cylinder, 220kW (300hp) ZO 02A engine on ...
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Western partners lose patience over An-124
Kieran Daly/LONDON WESTERN CARGO companies with interests in the Antonov An-124 Ruslan outsize freighter are expressing growing exasperation with its engines. The combination of the D-18T turbofan's unreliability and future difficulties in coping with noise restrictions has led to a showdown with Ukrainian engine design bureau ...
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Emergency landing mars 777 test success
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES JUBILATION OVER THE "flawless" first flight of a General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 on 2 February was overshadowed by an incident on another 777 test aircraft which was forced into an emergency landing at Boeing Field later the same day. Boeing launched an ...
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GE wins stretched Regional Jet vote
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOMBARDIER HAS selected a new variant of the General Electric CF34 turbofan to power the yet-to-be-launched CRJX, a stretched version of the 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet. The choice of the CF34-8C was revealed to Canadair's CRJX airline advisory group at a meeting in ...