Enclosed in the inverted right nacelle developed by Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences, the Saab 340B’s hybrid-electric system combines a CT7 turboshaft with GE Aerospace-developed motor-generators, power converters and inverters, controllers and Avio Aero gearboxes.
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Thirty-eight years ago, spectators at the Farnborough Airshow might have been convinced they were glimpsing the future as a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 buzzed overhead, powered by a novel General Electric engine called the GE36 unducted fan. But it was not to be. Falling fuel prices and modern, quieter...
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