Each occupant of a turbine-powered aircraft is assumed to weigh 200 lb., thus allowing for stowed luggage and carry-on items. In the case of piston-engine airplanes, we assume each occupant weighs 170 ...

CINCINNATI, Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) announced today that the Catalyst turboprop engine has been certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAR (Federal ...

Today's passenger aircraft house some of the most cutting-edge innovations in engine technology, and that list most certainly includes turboprop engines. In layman's terms, a turboprop is a jet engine ...

The VK-800SP engine is being developed since 2020 for the whole range of looking-forward projects of small and regional aviation, the Ural Civil Aviation Plant noted RIYADH, February 10. /TASS/. The ...

Less glamourous than the part of the aviation industry that deals in jets, regional transport by means of turboprop aircraft continues to be the lifeline of our world. And in this segment, there is no ...

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is still working on a new turboprop engine called the PT9A-11 and is also continuing to seek certification of a new helicopter turboshaft powerplant called the PW220A.

Companies will target continued improvements to aircraft fuel efficiency, durability and operating costs PARIS, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada today announce their intent ...