A better aircraft starts with a better engine: Advanced Turboprop from GE
GE’s all-new Advanced Turboprop engine is built from proven technologies to deliver big performance benefits with low risk. The Bike Shop sat down with Gordie Follin, Engineering Leader for the Advanced Turboprop (ATP) program, to learn more about the materials and technologies inside this all-new engine.
Reality Czech: GE Aviation signs agreement for new turboprop HQ
General Electric and the government of the Czech Republic signed an investment agreement to build GE’s new turboprop headquarters outside the capital, Prague. The investment will double GE Aviation’s in-country employment.
Slow (…or fast) ride? Take it easy, turboprop pilots!
GE Aviation successfully flight tested the business and general aviation’s industry‘s first electronic engine and propeller control system (EEPC, for short) on its H Series turboprop engine via a KingAir C90 conversion aircraft developed by Nextant Aerospace, which will deliver its first EEPC-powered plane later this year.
FAA stamps Passport
GE’s Passport turbofan for Bombardier’s Global 7000 business jet achieved FAA certification on April 29, 2016. Watch Passport’s arduous journey ahead of its first installation on Bombardier’s flight test vehicle.
Top 5 tips for winter weather engine operations
Every autumn flight crews are reminded to get back into their Flight Crew Operating Manuals and review Cold Weather Operating procedures for the upcoming season. Starting in November, North America regularly deals with snow, ice, extreme cold, and what seems like a never-ending parade of frontal systems.
GE Reports: Just Like The Wright Flyer, GE’s Turboprop Business Was Born In A Bike Shop
GE unveiled a new advanced turboprop engine yesterday that produces 10 percent more power than its peers and burns 20 percent less fuel.
GE Aviation launches new turboprop engine
GE Aviation is excited to unveil its all-new turboprop engine, which has been selected by Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron, Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, to power its single engine turboprop (SETP).