{"id":9528,"date":"2017-09-05T18:25:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=9528"},"modified":"2017-09-05T18:25:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T18:25:01","slug":"hartzell-composite-prop-receives-easa-certification-for-texas-turbine-supervan-900-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/ohio\/hartzell-composite-prop-receives-easa-certification-for-texas-turbine-supervan-900-conversion\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Hartzell Composite Prop Receives EASA Certification for Texas Turbine Supervan 900 Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Airplane modifier Texas Turbine Conversions has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for Hartzell Propeller&#8217;s four-blade composite swept prop designed specifically for single-engine Supervan 900\u2122 aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Building on positive U.S. customer acceptance of Hartzell&#8217;s collaboration with Texas Turbine for Cessna Caravan engine conversions featuring new structural composite propellers this opens up dozens more countries for the performance upgrade,&#8221; said Hartzell Propeller Executive Vice President JJ Frigge. &#8220;The 110-inch diameter propeller, 60 pounds lighter than the prop it replaces, blends advanced aerodynamics and sophisticated manufacturing processes to increase performance and deliver extraordinary reliability,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 900 SHP Honeywell TPE331 engine on the Supervan 900 coupled with an optional new four-blade composite propeller from Hartzell gives the airplane a big performance bump, which will make converted Caravans even more useful in many countries,&#8221; said Texas Turbine Conversions President Bobby Bishop. &#8220;Hartzell&#8217;s four-blade, reversible, full-feathering propeller helps make the Supervan 900 the world&#8217;s best performing Cessna Caravan.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airplane modifier Texas Turbine Conversions has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for Hartzell Propeller&#8217;s four-blade composite swept prop designed specifically for single-engine Supervan 900\u2122 aircraft. &#8220;Building on positive U.S. customer acceptance of Hartzell&#8217;s collaboration with Texas Turbine for Cessna Caravan engine conversions featuring new structural composite propellers this opens up dozens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ohio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hartzell-Supervan-900.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9530,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9528\/revisions\/9530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}