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…
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MITAC put out some news today: The MRJ is making steady progress in the initial stage of flight testing where one of the goals is to increase the altitude and speed. The highest altitude reached during testing to date has…
At the Singapore airshow, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Aerolease Aviation, LLC announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for an order of ten firm MRJ90 aircraft with an option to an additional ten MRJ90 aircraft. Based on…
Mitsubishi recently announced the fourth delay to the MRJ program, EIS is now schedule for the second quarter of 2018. Since the initial three flights in November and, despite a resumption of flights last week, the company decided not to…
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MITAC) resumed flight tests of the FTA-1 for the MRJ. During about a 1.5-hour flight test off the Pacific coast, MITAC confirmed upgrades carried out on the aircraft. The importance of this event cannot be overstated. Aircraft…