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March 29, 2024
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This morning P&W sent out an update PR.  Here is an excerpt.

“Pratt & Whitney successfully completed initial ground testing on its first PurePower® PW1000G series engine, the PW1524G engine for the Bombardier* CSeries* aircraft. The engine completed nearly 200 hours of ground tests at the company’s West Palm Beach, Fla. facility. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.

“The engine continues to exceed our expectations,” said Bob Saia, vice president, Next Generation Product Family. “We have already completed an unprecedented amount of testing on this first engine, including a full structural evaluation, performance, noise and emissions testing. Testing has validated overall engine operational characteristics including component design, rotor dynamics and engine fuel and lubrication systems. This testing confirmed the benefits and robustness of the Geared Turbofan(tm) engine that Pratt & Whitney initially established during the 2008 Demonstration Engine Program.”

The first engine ran nearly three times longer than Pratt & Whitney’s legacy experience for a first engine test program. Pratt & Whitney began ground testing of the PW1524G engine on schedule in September. Assemblies of the second and third PW1524G development engines are nearing completion. The second engine will also be tested at the West Palm Beach, Fla. test facility before being shipped to the company’s Mirabel Aerospace Centre facility in Québec, Canada. The engine will be mounted to the Pratt & Whitney 747 flying test bed for first test flights scheduled to begin in mid-year.  Engine certification and aircraft first flight are scheduled for 2012.”

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This PR underscores what we hear independently from numerous sources.  P&W’s quiet confidence is becoming less quiet.  The fact that the engine has been tested three times longer than usual demonstrates the company’s concern not to miss anything – critics take note.   From our own conversations with Mr Saia we know he is careful with his words.  His expectations for this engine were high sometime back, and if he feels these are being exceeded, then P&W has a very good engine on its hands.

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