Engines
CFM Reports ‘Smooth’ Testing of New Leap Engine
CFM's Leap-1A has run for some 175 hours at GE's outdoor test facility in Peebles, Ohio. (Photo: CFM)
CFM's Leap-1A has run for some 175 hours at GE's outdoor test facility in Peebles, Ohio. (Photo: CFM)

Engine manufacturer CFM International reports that the Leap series of turbofans under development for the new Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 Max and Comac C919 narrowbodies is performing as planned since full engine testing began last month. “I’m proud and really happy to tell you that the engine is running smoothly,” Chaker Chahrour, CFM executive vice president, told reporters in a teleconference on October 16. “This engine wants to run.”