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Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1 Production Prototype Turbofan Engine

Pratt & Whitney Aircraft began development of its first production turbofan, the JT3D, in the late 1950s, by taking advantage of the service-proven JT3 (J57) gas generator, and adding a two-stage ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Improving the Efficiency of Engines for Large Nonfighter Aircraft

The engine is basically of the same vintage as the P&W JT3D-3B and can be made to meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Stage III noise standards with the addition of a hush kit, but ...
Aviation Week

Joint STARS re-engine effort stalls; Guard warns of poor performance

An effort to re-engine the U.S. Air Force's E-8C Joint STARS aircraft is languishing, apparently because bigger programs are edging it off the table. The battlefield surveillance plane, a modified ...
Flightglobal

Billion-hour milestone for large P&W engines

Pratt & Whitney’s fleet of large commercial engines has passed the billion flight hours mark. More than 17,000 Pratt & Whitney commercial engines are installed with 800 customers in 150 countries.
eturbonews

Air China and Shenzhen Airlines Choose Engines for 60 A320neo Family Aircraft

Pratt & Whitney announced today a definitive agreement with Air China Limited (Air China) and Shenzhen Airlines for 60 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, powered by PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) ...