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January 16, 2015

Airborne 01.16.15: New Viking SportAv Engine, Transatlantic A321neo, UAV Tower Climb

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Viking aircraft engines has been producing the Viking 110 for 4-years, and has now upped its game with the new Viking 135. The Viking 135 is a new product and will be completely tested and ready for deliveries in January of 2016. It is made in America and use traditional American engine architecture. It is essentially a baby Corvette engine. Same layout but half as many cylinders and in a miniature format. Airbus officially launched the A321neo program with a heavier maximum take-off weight of 97 metric tons, which is almost 214,000 pounds, after they secured the first commitment from Air Lease Corporation. The Los Angeles based lessor signed a Memorandum o

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