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GE Aviation’s Czech Operation Is Now GE Aviation’s Business & General Aviation Turboprops

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

May 13, 2010

thomas

EVENDALE, OHIO – May 11, 2010 — GE Aviation has renamed its Czech
operation to GE Aviation’s Business & General Aviation Turboprops.

“The new name will better represent the organization’s strategy, which
is to develop, manufacture and support turboprop engines for the
Business and General Aviation segment,” explained Brad Mottier, Vice
President and General Manager of GE Aviation’s Business and General
Aviation operation.

GE Aviation has decades of experience in the turboprop and turboshaft
segments. GE Aviation’s Business & General Aviation Turboprops has more
than 1,600 M601 engines in service that have accumulated a combined 17
million flight hours.

The newest turboprop engine in development is the H80 engine, which will
produce up to 800 shaft horsepower (shp) for business and general
aviation, utility and agriculture aircraft. The H80 engine combines the
elegant, robust design of the M601 engine with GE’s 3-D aerodynamic
design techniques and advanced materials to create a more powerful,
fuel-efficient, durable turboprop engine with no calendar limit and no
hot section inspection. The H80 engine will also feature an extended
service life of 3,600 flight-hours and 6,600 cycles between overhauls,
significantly enhanced hot-day takeoff performance and high-altitude
cruise speeds. The engine will provide the option of a single or dual
acting governor, allowing customers to select their propeller.

Certification testing on the H80 began in March, and five development
engines are scheduled to take part in such testing. The turboprop engine
will enter service on the Thrush 510 later this summer. The engine will
be the first of the new H80 engine series family.

GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading
provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and integrated systems
for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft. GE
Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings.

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