PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Turboprop aircraft maker ATR said on Wednesday it would scrap development of a new model designed to take off and land on short runways and concentrate instead on its ...

When you're at an airport and see propeller aircraft, you likely think it is powered by a piston engine. This is usually true among smaller planes, like the Cessa 172 Skyhawk and the Piper Archer, or ...

You know what multi-millionaire American business tycoons needed more than anything in the 80s? Besides luxury condos in NYC's Upper West Side, it was wacky, eye-catching business jets. What better ...

The utilitarian turboprop has long been in the shadow of smaller business jets, seen largely as a poor cousin to the faster, glitzier jets. But there has been impressive development in the turboprop ...

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) appears to be working on a successor to the best-selling PT6 turboprop engine it refers to as the PT9A-11 according to regulatory filings with the US Federal Aviation ...

RTX Corporation’s RTX business, Pratt & Whitney, has been awarded the type certification for the PW127XT-L regional turboprop engine by Transport Canada Civil Aviation. This marks the 200th type ...

Cessna, a Textron Aviation brand, currently offers several types of single-engine aircraft that fulfill a wide variety of applications. Those aircraft can be classified into two main categories: small ...

The Tech TP technology demonstrator is based on Safran Helicopter Engines' Ardiden-3 turboshaft engine family, incorporating electrical power. Safran has been ground-testing a hybrid electric ...

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 ...