Interview with Paul Corkery, GE Aviation at NBAA
Category Engines
Pratt & Whitney GTF Engine Failures Ground Swiss A220 Fleet
Continuing reliability issues that have plagued the Pratt & Whitney GTF geared turbofan engines are now impacting the A220 fleet at Swiss, which has been grounded for inspections. A third recent incident with the PW1524 engines powering the aircraft…
Insight: Monday 7 October 2019: PW GTF will need new gearbox for Airbus A320 applications
Uncontained engine failures on SWISS A220s prompt FAA to issue AD
Two recent uncontained failures on Pratt & Whitney PW1524-engines on SWISS Airbus A220-300s have prompted the FAA to issue an Airworthiness Directive (AD) for extra inspection of these Geared Turbofans. The AD also includes the PW-1900 as used on the…
Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 Engine Certified by Transport Canada
Rolls-Royce has obtained Transport Canada certification for the Pearl 15 engine that will power the Global 5500 and 6500 model business jets from Bombardier. The Pearl 15 engine are rated at 15,250 lbs, of thrust, and feature 2db lower noise,…
The Pacific Northwest is ideal for the first deployment of electrically powered commercial aircraft
2019 will go down as the year that electrically powered aircraft became a serious issue. The Eviation Alice at the Paris airshow attracted more attention than was expected. It won a customer order. But from where we are now to…