Today Embraer announced another customer with news that the Czech Republic has signed a “Declaration of Intent” to acquire two KC-390s. This news follows the Brazilian Defence Minister’s travels to Chile, Colombia, and Portugal – where he got similar commitments. …
The engines that power the widebody planes had a difficult start. PW’s JT9D had some teething troubles as did Rolls-Royce’s RB211. General Electric developed its CF6 based on an earlier design, the TF39, and the CF6 also had some teething…
Pratt & Whitney is preparing their first PW1000G PurePower engine for full testing at their Palm Beach facilities. They fully expect both the engine and airframe programs to be on time, believe that several major orders for the Bombardier CSeries…
Industry speculation remains rampant as to how Boeing will respond to the forthcoming Airbus NEO and CSeries. The pendulum has swung from a re-engining of the 737NG to an all new airplane to counter the new, high-technology Bombardier CSeries, and…
Yesterday Boeing announced another milestone – it started assembly of the 1,000th 767. The airplane is destined for ANA in Japan. ANA ordered its first of 89 767s in 1979 – 31 years ago. That the 767 is a great…
As the aviation world waits for Airbus to decide whether it will re-engine the Airbus A320 family with (as expected) the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan and the CFM International Leap-X, little thought has been given to the advantage…