From Wikipedia: "The test and marketing flights of the GE-outfitted demonstrator aircraft concluded in 1988, exhibiting a 30% reduction in fuel consumption over turbo-fan powered MD-80, full Stage 3 noise compliance, and low levels of interior noise/vibration. [....] Due to jet fuel price drops and shifting marketing priorities, Douglas shelved the propfan program [...]."
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ReplyDeleteFrom Wikipedia: "The test and marketing flights of the GE-outfitted demonstrator aircraft concluded in 1988, exhibiting a 30% reduction in fuel consumption over turbo-fan powered MD-80, full Stage 3 noise compliance, and low levels of interior noise/vibration. [....] Due to jet fuel price drops and shifting marketing priorities, Douglas shelved the propfan program [...]."
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