PowerJet defies its critics with Super perfomance
The PowerJet SaM146 axial-flow, twin-shaft turbofan was selected to power the Superjet 100 in 2003, when it was still on the drawing board. The programme has proved its critics wrong so far, entering flight test in July at Komsomolsk in Russia and flying at the Paris Air Show in mid-2009. Powerjet...
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