ACTIVE DE-AERATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE

An active de-aerator (130) for an aircraft engine (10) is provided, with a housing (H) having an air-oil inlet (130a), an oil outlet (130b) and an air outlet (130c). An impeller (132) is received within and rotatable relative to the housing (H) about a central axis (A). The active de-aerator (130) has a first journal bearing (JB1) on a first side of the impeller (132) for rotatably supporting the impeller (132) relative to the housing (H) and a second journal bearing (JB2) on a second side of the impeller (132) for rotatably supporting the impeller (132) relative to the housing (H), the second side being opposite the first side.