GE Aviation's Advanced Turboprop engine, the first clean-sheet turboprop engine to hit the Business and General Aviation (BGA) market in more than 30 years, successfully completed its first engine test run at GE Aviation's facility in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday (December 22). The Advanced Turboprop engine will begin certification testing in 2018. The engine will power Textron Aviation's new Cessna Denali, which is expected to fly in late 2018. By the time the Denali enters into service, the engine will have completed more than 2000 hours of testing.
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