Pratt & Whitney

Deaths of 10 stun Cedar City

deseretnews.com     Aug 24, 2008   80 related          

By Pat Reavy, Laura Hancock and Cheryl Madsen Deseret News Published: Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008 12:59 a.m. MDT MOAB — It was a somber scene Saturday as investigators sorted through what little was left of a plane that crashed...                    

P&W Geared Turbofan Engine Completes First Phase of Flight Testing

alternative-energy-news.info     Aug 23, 2008   1 related          

Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1000G (Geared Turbofan) demonstration engine (earlier post) has completed the first phase of flight testing on a company-owned 747SP flying test bed. The PW1000G engine completed 12 flights...                    

Video: No engine explosion in Madrid plane crash

iht.com     Aug 22, 2008   1,476 related          

Video taken by the Spanish airport authority AENA does not show any engine explosion while Spanair MD-82 was taking off from Madrid, Spanish media reported Friday, as investigators sought the cause of the disaster that...                    

Aviation chief wants air-gauge glitch investigated in deadly plane crash

journalpioneer.com     Aug 22, 2008          

MADRID, Spain - Spain's top aviation official said Friday that a glitch in an air temperature gauge that forced a Madrid jetliner to abandon its first takeoff attempt an hour before it crashed should be closely examined...                    

Pratt & Whitney PW1000G completes first phase of testing

atwonline.com     Aug 22, 2008   4 related          

Friday August 22, 2008 Pratt & Whitney said the PW1000G (formerly the Geared Turbofan) demonstrator engine finished the first phase of flight testing on the company's 747SP flying testbed. The engine completed 12 flights and...                    

The Canadian Press Business News Budget for Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008

tmcnet.com     Aug 22, 2008          

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BUSINESS EDITORS: Here are Canadian Press Business budget lines as of 10 p.m. ET. In addition to the following, stories slugged BC-Maple-Leaf-Foods, 1st Writethru and BC-BlackBerry-Bold moved...                    

Families of air crash victims search through burnt bodies for loved ones

scotsman.com     Aug 22, 2008   22 related          

Published Date: 22 August 2008 GRIEVING relatives searched through the charred bodies of the Madrid plane crash victims in an attempt to identify their loved ones yesterday, as speculation over the cause of the disaster...                    

Madrid horror crash: Pilot 'knew something was wrong with the engine'

dailymail.co.uk     Aug 21, 2008   26 related          

The pilot of the holiday plane that crashed and was ripped apart in a fireball yesterday 'knew something was wrong with the plane's engine,' the Madrid flight controller said. The Spanair flight JK5022 crashed during take-off...                    

Damaged engine on Bombardier turboprop sent to Canada for inspection

cjbk.com     Aug 21, 2008   3 related          

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - The damaged engine of a Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) Q400 turboprop is being returned to Canada for inspection following an incident last week in Japan. A Canadian-made Pratt & Whitney turbine blade...                    

JSF Pre-STOVL System Flight Test Imminent

aviationweek.com     Aug 21, 2008   1 related          

PALMDALE, Calif. – Lockheed Martin plans to conduct more test flights of the first short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B this week to evaluate propulsion systems doors and nozzles in flight before temporarily...