News | 02 Jan 2009 00:01 | Bill Gunston
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<P><STRONG><IMG style="WIDTH: 450px; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="../assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=23805" border=0></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>21 <A href="http://www.flightglobal.com/search/zibbsearch.aspx?searchType=site&sKeywords=Beech+King+Air+90">Engine</A>: Pratt & Whitney PT6</STRONG> </P> <P><A href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/search.aspx?search=pt6"><FONT color=#427ab4><STRONG>Archive</STRONG></FONT></A><STRONG> </STRONG></P> <P><A href="http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/search/searchresults.aspx?q=pt6"><FONT color=#427ab4><STRONG>AirSpace images/discussion</STRONG></FONT></A></P> <P>The ubiquitous <A href="http://www.flightglobal.com/search/zibbsearch.aspx?searchType=site&sKeywords=pt6">PT6</A> has become the most popular turbine engine in history, appearing on innumerable executive, general aviation, regional and agricultural aircraft. Some variants are optimised for helicopter use. </P> <P>Production of the <A href="hhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/100-Greatest-21-50-225173/News | 14 May 2008 23:00
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">German flag-carrier Lufthansa’s historic flight foundation <A href="https://www.dlbs.de/0index.asp" target=_blank>Lufthansa Berlin Stiftung</A> is intending to restore a <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation" target=_blank>Lockheed L-1649 Starliner</A> to airworthy condition after acquiring three of the type at a bankruptcy auction in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Two of the aircraft, registered N7316C and N8083H, were originally delivered to Trans World Airlines in 1957-58 and are stored at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Auburn-Lewiston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Airport</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maine</st1:place></st1:State>. The third, N974R, was put into service with Lufthansa as a ‘Super Star’ inhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Lufthansa-aims-to-restore-and-fly-Lockheed-Starliner-220548/