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Irkut MC-21 missing ultimate load test

By Bjorn Fehrm April 05, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: United Aircraft’s IRKUT MC-21 passed 90% of the static Ultimate load test end February at the TsAGI test institute in Moscow, reports ATO.RU. But the aircraft failed the 100% test. The… Read More

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 Posted on April 5, 2017 by

 Airbus, Irkut, United Aircraft

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Pontifications: Twelve new designs in 10 years spurred orders

Aug. 8, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The book:bill for Airbus and Boeing this year will be hard-pressed to reach one. Airbus has a better shot, given lower production rates. But the recent years of record-setting orders are over… Read More

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 Posted on August 8, 2016 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, CSeries, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pontifications

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Mitsubishi’s MRJ test flying making good progress

By Bjorn Fehrm in Tokyo May 18, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC) announced that their MRJ flight test program is now going well. Mitsubishi presented the status update at the International Society of Transport Aircraft… Read More

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 Posted on May 18, 2016 by

 Boeing, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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PW Canada continues next-gen turboprop development despite airplane demand uncertainty

  March 24, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) continues development of the next generation turboprop engine, even as low oil prices reduce the attractiveness of turboprop airplanes. Few believe oil prices won’t creep back… Read More

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 Posted on March 24, 2016 by

 ATR, Bombardier, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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Embraer’s fundamental advantages

Subscription Required  Introduction With the first Embraer E-Jet E2 under assembly, we take a look at the E1 and E2 programs in the run-up to roll-out of the E-190 E2 next year and projected Entry Into Service (EIS)… Read More

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 Posted on November 9, 2015 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Premium, Sukhoi

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PW chief credited MRJ with ripple effect leading to CSeries, A320neo, 737 MAX and E-Jet E2

Aug. 20, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Conventional wisdom credits Bombardier’s CSeries with being the disruptor that prompted Airbus to launch the A320neo, which in turn caused Boeing to launch the 737 MAX and Embraer to launch its E-Jet E2…. Read More

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 Posted on August 20, 2015 by

 Airbus, Boeing, CSeries, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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Pontifications: Mitsubishi nears first flight for MRJ-90

Aug. 3, 2015, © Leeham Co. Mitsubishi is just a few months away from beginning flight testing on the first commercial airplane designed and built in Japan since the NAMC YS-11 in the 1960s. The 60 passenger turbo prop had… Read More

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 Posted on August 3, 2015 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications

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Mitsubishi Regional Jet, MRJ, compared with second generation regional jets.

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction 03 Aug 2015, © Leeham Co.: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, the company behind Japan’s new regional aircraft, is inaugurating an engineering center in Seattle today and presenting their testing facility at Moses Lake (WA) Grant… Read More

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 Posted on August 3, 2015 by

 Bombardier, GE Aviation, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Premium

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Looking ahead in 2015 in commercial aviation

Here’s a visualization of events to look for in commercial aviation in 2015.  

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 Posted on December 26, 2014 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, China, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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New UTC CEO throws cold water on PW GTF growth

The new chief executive officer of United Technologies Corp., Gregory Hayes, threw cold water on hopes and dreams of Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary, that the successful small- and medium-sized Geared Turbo Fan will grow into the wide-body… Read More

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 Posted on December 12, 2014 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Comac, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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