Posted on 9/15/2022
Honeywell Aerospace is marking a major milestone with its first purpose-built business jet engine, the TFE731, which turned 50 years old this month. The turbofan engine, 13,000 of which have been produced to date, continues to power jet types such as the Dassault Falcon 900, Bombardier Learjet 70/75, and Gulfstream G150.
According to Honeywell, 9,400 of the engines remain in service today and in total have accumulated 108 million flight hours. The engine was designed to meet the specific needs of business jets while other engines from the era were adapted from existing military jet engines. Honeywell predecessor Garrett (AlliedSignal) developed the TFE731 in the late 1960s to provide the...