The FAA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRPM) that extends inspections of the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G and PW1900G Geared Turbofan engines. In line with a similar NPRM for the PW1100G-JM, the regulator will require angled ultrasonic inspections (AUSI)…
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After months of uncertainty over whether or not one of Nigeria’s, and perhaps African, airlines that promises so much would end up on paper, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) today granted start-up Green Africa Air Operators Certificate (AOC). This…
It’s been a milestone without much fanfare except for a few tweets, but Pratt & Whitney has had something to celebrate recently: on January 25, the Geared Turbofan (GTF) has been in commercial service for five years on the Airbus A320neo.…
Bombardier Aerospace confirmed that the final results of a three-phase wind tunnel test confirmed the aerodynamics of the CSeries as well enabled the optimal integration of the PW1500G engines onto the CSeries airframe. This wasn’t a simple wind tunnel test,…