As three restored Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines started their slow but steady crescendo to maximum power, an aviation journalist on the ground couldn’t help but be impressed. „My lord that is an amazing sound. #727FinalFlight is now spooling up its engines,” Jon Ostrower, a Boeing beat reporter for The Wall Street Journal, posted on … Dowiedz się więcej
Vietjet has signed a Definitive Agreement for the PurePower Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engine to power their order of 63 Airbus A320neo and A321neo family of aircraft. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2017. Pratt & Whitney is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The PurePower Geared Turbofan engine family has about 7,000 orders, including … Dowiedz się więcej
The Lufthansa Group, Airbus’ largest airline customer and operator, marks a major step in aviation history today by taking delivery of the first A320neo, the world’s best-selling and most fuel efficient single aisle aircraft. Equipped with all new technology Pratt & Whitney PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ engines, the A320neo sets a new, even higher standard in … Dowiedz się więcej
Hundreds of Pratt & Whitney employees gathered together in the Middletown, Connecticut, Engine Center last week to commemorate the end of production of the final F117 engine used to power the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter. Some wore jeans and sneakers, some wore C-17 baseball caps, and others were in skirts and blazers, but they all … Dowiedz się więcej
The U.S. Department of Defense and Pratt & Whitney have reached an agreement in principle on production contracts for the ninth and tenth lots of F135 propulsion systems to power all three variants of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The latest agreement continues to support program affordability initiatives with continued reduction in price associated with … Dowiedz się więcej
The Pratt & Whitney PW1900G PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) engine for the Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2 aircraft, successfully completed its first flight initiating the engine’s flight test program. The PW1900G engine model, which was assembled at Pratt & Whitney’s Middletown Engine Center in Connecticut, flew on Pratt & Whitney’s 747SP flying test bed at the … Dowiedz się więcej