Boeing announced four new orders in
2018 as elite customers continue to
favor Boeing's portfolio of ultra-large-
cabin, long-range airplanes. Two of the
new orders this year are for the BBJ
MAX airplane, adding to a backlog of
19 airplanes and making the BBJ MAX
one of the best-selling business
jetliners in history.
More information from
http://www.boeing.com/bbjGE Aviation has started the
certification test program for its newly-
named Catalyst engine that will power
the Cessna Denali single-engine
turboprop, due to enter service in- The test engine has already run
60 hours this year, and a second test
engine is almost complete. Fabrication
of the nose section, fuselage, wings
and tail cone of the first three flying
Denali prototypes is underway,
meanwhile.
More information from
http://www.geaviation.com
OEM Bites
hen Dassault announced
the Pratt & Whitney
Canada PW812D-powered
Falcon 6X in late February,
chairman and CEO Eric Trappier
explained that the company had been
developing a Plan B for the now-canceled
Falcon 5X.
Switching to the P&WC engine results
in compelling enhancements and a thrust
increase for the new large-cabin Falcon
(13,000-14,000lbst, versus 11,450lbst
with the Silvercrest). Specific fuel
consumption of PW800s is some 10% less
than that of other current in-service
engines, P&WC says.
To accommodate the higher-weight
P&WC engines and associated systems,
the new twinjet will have a 20-inch-larger
cabin (to keep the 6X within its center of
gravity) that will feature large windowsand skylight (retained from the 5X
design). Cabin height will be 78 inches
and the baggage compartment will be
155 cubic feet.
The Falcon 6X’s MTOW will be
77,460lbs. It will also have a 300nm range
increase over the 5X (to 5,500nm). The
extra fuel required for the additional
range caused Dassault to switch to a
nitrogen-based fuel pressurization
system, a first for a business jet.
Flight testing is expected to begin in
early 2021, with entry into service
planned in 2022. Eric Trappier reveals, “In
the short months since it’s unveiling, we
have presented the Falcon 6X to a wide
range of potential buyers, and the
reaction has been quite positive.”More information from
http://www.dassaultfalcon.comDassault Elaborates on
Falcon 6X Upgrades
As Dassault elaborates on the improved capabilities
of its new Falcon 6X, the reaction from potential
buyers is described as “quite positive”.
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