PD-14 Tests underway
At the Russian Zhukovsky test center, the new PD-14 engine has been placed on their IL-78 test bed for flight tests. This is the engine to be used on the IRKUT MC-21. The test bed records 1,066 flight parameters of…
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Is China’s aircraft manufacturing standing still?
An old Chinese saying goes “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still”. Perhaps these words help Chinese aerospace managers deal with more delay news. Let’s start with the ARJ21, which was first scheduled to enter…
Firing Up the First GE9X Engine
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The Engine Score
The next generation engines are rapidly approaching competitive flight operations – what’s the engine score? The Pratt & Whitney GTF is already flying for Lufthansa and IndiGo on their A320neos. The CFM LEAP is rapidly building hours on the…
Premium #214 – What might a CSeries order from Delta mean for the industry?
The rumor mill is alive with reports that Bombardier is close to obtaining an order from Delta Air Lines for 75 firm plus 50 options for the CSeries. This would be a game changer for the CSeries program, which has…
Airbus 2016 order projection
Today Reuters published a story about Airbus’ 2016 order projections to reach 700. This is a huge drop (-32%) from last year’s 1,034. Looking at Airbus’ order history since 2010 we see the following: Views: 32