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Boeing: B-737 MAX aircraft LEAP-1B began extensive flight test program

Washington, Usa - Powerplant for its newest single-aisle airplane on track for engine certification in 2016

Boeing and CFM International announced that they successfully initiated flight testing of the LEAP-1B engine on April 29 on a modified 747 flying testbed at GE Aviation Flight Test Operations in Victorville, Calif. The testing is the next major milestone in a two-year program that will culminate in engine certification in 2016 and delivery of the first B-737 MAX airplane in 2017. The engine performed...

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Rome, Italy, 05/11/2015 13:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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