Air Force Grounds B-2 Bomber Fleet The U.S. Air Force has grounded its fleet of B-2 Spirit nuclear bombers following an incident that resulted in a B-2 making an emergency landing on Dec. 10. The aircraft was damaged on the runway at Missouri’s Whiteman Air Force[…] Read this article
Rolls-Royce Completes UltraFan Build Rolls-Royce announced on Monday that it has finished assembling its UltraFan technology demonstrator engine. According to the company, the engine has been moved its Testbed 80 facility in Derby, U.K., in preparation for testing, which is slated to begin early[…] Read this article
Homebuilt Accidents: Passing The Engine Baton When looking at homebuilding magazines from the ’60s and ’70s, one factor that stands out is the engine selection: Most were using the small Continental engines, from the A65 to the O-200. The main reason was availability. These engines were[…] Read this article
L3Harris To Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Aerospace and defense technology company L3Harris Technologies has signed an agreement to purchase defense and space propulsion systems manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne. L3Harris is set to acquire the company at $58 per share for an all-cash transaction valued at $4.7 billion.[…] Read this article
General Aviation Accident Bulletin, December 19, 2022 AVweb’s General Aviation Accident Bulletin is taken from the pages of our sister publication, Aviation Safety magazine. All the reports listed here are preliminary and include only initial factual findings about crashes. You can learn more about the final probable[…] Read this article
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