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October 01, 2021

GE's New Catalyst Turboprop Engine Takes Flight

First Clean-Sheet Turboprop Engine Produced in 50 Years

GE's new, clean-sheet turboprop engine broke new ground Thursday, making its first successful flight on a King Air test bed. Flying out of Berlin Airport, the 1 hour and 40 minute jaunt added another important milestone to the design's continued development. To date, 16 test engines have racked up over 2,600 hours of operation in ground tests and appear on track to continue a streak of promising performance. Dubbed "Catalyst", the engine will find its first home in launch customer Textron's (Cessna) Denali for further testing.

Kenny Dichter, Kenn Ricci And George Antoniadis Are Featured Panelists

The first-ever thought-leadership session will take place at the National Business Aviation Association’s upcoming conference in Las Vegas, NV. Journalist Miles O’Brien will be moderating the panel, which will take place on Monday, October 11 at noon in Room W325, Level 3 of the Las Vegas Convention Center’s new West Hall. The panel speakers each have more than two decades’ experience in shaping and contributing to the future of business aviation. “Newsmakers: The Aviation Visionaries’ Forecast” – focuses on a variety of topics, such as how technology, demographics, competition, consolidation and other factors are influencing