Piqua, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2014 – Hartzell Propeller Inc. will supply new advanced lightweight propellers to Piaggio Aero Industries for its third generation twin-engine Avanti EVO, the world’s fastest production turboprop. For the EVO, Hartzell worked with Piaggio to develop new highly swept wide-chord aluminum alloy propellers that in conjunction with changes to the nacelle […]
Piqua, Ohio, July 21, 2014 – Hundreds of thousands of aviation enthusiasts attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 who cast their vision skyward will be able to see a number of aerial performances associated with Hartzell Propeller, Inc. Paul McCowan’s Parachute Team will jump from the skies on the first day of the show on Monday, […]
Piqua, Ohio, July 14, 2014 – Customer demand for the new Hartzell Propeller advanced swept airfoil five-blade prop for retrofit on TBM 700/850 aircraft has been robust. It is the same propeller that comes as standard equipment on new DAHER-SOCATA TBM 900 aircraft, which has also been in high demand. Since the new structural composite […]
Piqua, Ohio, July 7, 2014 – EAA Air Venture aerobatic headliner Sean. D. Tucker and Hartzell Propeller are continuing their partnership for the 2014 edition of the world’s greatest aviation celebration – EAA Air Venture Oshkosh, held July 28 to Aug.3, 2014. In addition to performing his high-energy aerobatic demonstration in the one of […]
Piqua, Ohio, June 23, 2014 – Hartzell Propeller Inc. and plane maker DAHER-SOCATA have agreed to renew their long-term partnership with a five-year agreement, under which Hartzell will supply the recently introduced TBM 900 with advanced swept airfoil structural composite five-blade propellers and spinners. Hartzell’s design group maximized blade chord thickness and sweep, resulting in […]
Piqua, Ohio, June 12, 2014 – Hartzell Propeller’s six-bladed structural composite propellers have been certified by the U.K.’s Maritime and Coast Guard Agency for Griffon Hoverworks BHT 130 passenger watercraft. Hartzell’s props are the first certified structural composite hovercraft propellers. “A hovercraft air cushion vehicle is flown by a pilot instead of a sea […]