Rolls-Royce flies new composite blades

Credit: Courtesy, Rolls-Royce
Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has flown its new-generation composite carbon/titanium (CTi) fan blades for the first time, at the start of the components’ airborne test program. The fan blades completed their first flight on board a company Boeing 747 testbed flying from Tucson, Arizona, installed...
Alan Dron

Based in London, Alan is Europe & Middle East correspondent at Air Transport World.

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