We spoke with Nick Kanellias, Vice President at Pratt & Whitney Canada, at Oshkosh 2021 about the legendary PT-6 and what comes next for the engine OEM. SAF, hybrids, and electric are all the rage at the show this year.…
About a month ago, Pratt & Whitney Canada announced yet another upgrade on their venerable PT6. This engine powers the Pilatus PC-12NGX. It is the first turboprop engine in general aviation to offer a dual-channel integrated electronic propeller and engine…
Continuing reliability issues that have plagued the Pratt & Whitney GTF geared turbofan engines are now impacting the A220 fleet at Swiss, which has been grounded for inspections. A third recent incident with the PW1524 engines powering the aircraft…
Two recent uncontained failures on Pratt & Whitney PW1524-engines on SWISS Airbus A220-300s have prompted the FAA to issue an Airworthiness Directive (AD) for extra inspection of these Geared Turbofans. The AD also includes the PW-1900 as used on the…
