Airbus A340-600 F-WWCA climbing away from Toulouse on its first flight
with the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G engine under its wing.
"Demonstrating the geared turbofan technology throughout its entire operating envelope using the Airbus A340 flight test aircraft will provide us with valuable installation and operating data to further evaluate the performance of the new engine architecture," says Todd Kallman, president, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines.
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on February 4, 2009 1:18 PM | Reply
Might the GTF require extensive flight time experience prior to any use in ETOP aircraft? The A340-600 might just be the ideal aircraft for that experience as it lies on its deathbed for the lack of fuel efficiency (vs the B777-300ER). Airbus must have gone bald scratching their heads for a solution, but will the GTF, or for that matter, the RR 1500, might just be too late?.. or just in time?