In this video, you'll see the different types of engines and propulsion systems used for aircraft, my favorite ones: Turbojet, turboprop, turboshaft, and turbofan. You'll also see the Ramjet engine. I ...

When you're at an airport and see propeller aircraft, you likely think it is powered by a piston engine. This is usually true among smaller planes, like the Cessa 172 Skyhawk and the Piper Archer, or ...

Today's passenger aircraft house some of the most cutting-edge innovations in engine technology, and that list most certainly includes turboprop engines. In layman's terms, a turboprop is a jet engine ...

The C-17 Globemaster III's four-engine design holds the key to its unrivaled capabilities, but was this a choice of power or necessity?

In the late 1950s, England's famous Defence White Paper explained that military aircraft development would taper off from producing military planes, motivating U.K. aircraft manufacturers like Avro to ...

RTX Corporation’s RTX business, Pratt & Whitney, has been awarded the type certification for the PW127XT-L regional turboprop engine by Transport Canada Civil Aviation. This marks the 200th type ...

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) appears to be working on a successor to the best-selling PT6 turboprop engine it refers to as the PT9A-11 according to regulatory filings with the US Federal Aviation ...

Recently, the China first all composites turboprop business jet has been developed independently by the AVIC China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., Ltd. (AVIC CAIGA). This type of business jet ...