In the 1970s, Rhein Flugzeugbau (RFB) developed the Fantrainer, a cost-effective jet trainer using a ducted fan powered by a small turboshaft engine, aiming to reduce fuel consumption compared to ...

New turboprop aircraft are one of the most exciting market segments for 2020 and beyond, with plenty of innovation being delivered in current and future models. While the General Aviation ...

Embraer has unveiled a new configuration for its conceptual turboprop, now pitching a 70-90 seat aircraft with aft-mounted engines – a design the company says can replace 50-seat regional jets.

ATR makes popular turboprop regional airliners that fly less popular routes. The aircraft maker offers two major models, the ATR 42 and ATR 72, and they compete against other aircraft like the CRJ 700 ...

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 ...

The French aircraft manufacturer Daher has introduced a new flagship turboprop, the TBM 940. It represents an upgrade to the popular TBM 930, incorporating features that make the new aircraft easier ...

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 ...

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 ...

A classic engine duel is beginning to take shape in a category often thought extinct at the dawn of the second century of commercial aviation: the untapped market sector. Not since the late 1960s - ...

As fuel prices soar to record highs and airlines struggle to maintain profitability, the unglamorous but fuel-efficient turboprop regional airliner is making a remarkable comeback. The revival of the ...

The good folks at Pratt and Whitney have put together an incredibly detailed physical cutaway of their hugely popular PT6 tubroprop engine. Everything moves and its hot and cold sections are painted ...

(CNN) -- The turboprop plane that crashed in New York state, killing all 49 people on board and one on the ground, was one of the safest and most sophisticated aircraft of its type, according to an ...