Jet Engines

Willis Lease Declares Preferred Dividend of $0.075 Per Share

25 May 2012

NOVATO, Calif. -- Willis Lease Finance Corporation , a leading lessor of commercial jet engines, today announced that its board of directors has declared the regular monthly cash dividend for its 9% Series ...

Clarification: Czech-Plane Crash story

25 May 2012

In a story on May 23, The Associated Press called a Russian military plane that crashed while landing in the Czech Republic a jet. The An-30 aircraft had turboprop engines driving propellers, so it would be more correct to call it a turboprop. Turboprop engines are a variation of jet engines, even though they use propellers to generate thrust.

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsClarification: Czech-Plane Crash story

25 May 2012

PRAGUE (AP) - In a story on May 23, The Associated Press called a Russian military plane that crashed while landing in the Czech Republic a jet. The An-30 aircraft had turboprop engines driving propellers, so it would be more correct to call it a turboprop.