Aircraft
Cessna Denali First Flight Delayed To 2020
Textron Aviation officials won't specify when the single-engine turboprop Denali will make its first flight next year.
Textron Aviation said it is nearing wingmate of the prototype Cessna Denali. (Photo: Textron Aviation)
Textron Aviation said it is nearing wingmate of the prototype Cessna Denali. (Photo: Textron Aviation)

With five development engines assembled and more than 1,600 hours of combined operation between engine test hours, GE Aviation’s new Catalyst turboprop engine is progressing toward a flying testbed for the launch application, the Textron Aviation Denali. However, the engine maker won’t deliver the first Denali flight-test engine to Textron Aviation (Booth C9343, Static SD503 and SD503A) until sometime in 2020, GE officials confirmed on the eve of NBAA-BACE.


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