Aircraft
Flaris LAR 1 VLJ To Be Powered by Williams FJ33-5A
Prototype was originally fitted with a 1,460-pound-thrust Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F.
Poland’s Flaris very light jet (VLJ) will be powered by a 1,700-pound-thrust Williams FJ33-5A. The single-engine, five-seat VLJ made its world debut at the Paris Air Show in 2013. (Photo: David McIntosh)
Poland’s Flaris very light jet (VLJ) will be powered by a 1,700-pound-thrust Williams FJ33-5A. The single-engine, five-seat VLJ made its world debut at the Paris Air Show in 2013. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Podgórzyn, Poland-based Flaris (Static B6) has selected the Williams FJ33-5A to power its LAR 1 five-seat single-engine very light jet, the company announced this week here in Paris. The LAR 1 prototype, unveiled at Paris 2013, was originally fitted with a 1,460-pound thrust Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F, but project director Rafał Ładziński told AIN that the aircraft required an engine that could produce at least 1,506 pounds of thrust.