PT6

Cleared Direct Oct 16, 2026

The GE Catalyst Turboprop, the First Clean-Sheet Design in Fifty Years, and What Full-Authority Digital Engine Control Does to the Way Pilots Manage Power

The GE Catalyst is the first clean-sheet turboprop engine design in roughly 50 years, promising 20% better fuel efficiency and single-lever FADEC control for the Cessna Denali.

Vector

ATIS Oct 2, 2026

Blackhawk Group's three-day engine overhaul and what it means for GA maintenance

Blackhawk Group has demonstrated a 72-hour bench overhaul for turbine engines, potentially cutting aircraft downtime from three months to two or three weeks.

Tower

Cleared Direct Aug 17, 2026

The Daher TBM 940, Garmin Autothrottle, and the Single Lever That Finally Learned to Move Itself in a Piston-and-Turboprop Cockpit

The Daher TBM 940 became the first single-engine turboprop with a factory Garmin autothrottle - here's why that lever matters.

Vector

ATIS Jul 23, 2026

Pratt and Whitney Canada Bets Two Hundred Seventy-Five Million on Longueuil and What Keeps the PT Six Turning

Pratt & Whitney Canada is investing CAD $275M in its Longueuil plant, signaling decades of continued support for the PT6 turboprop.

Tower