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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Convair CV-240
On March 16, 1947, the Convair CV-240 took flight for the first time, introducing modern advancements to commercial aviation.
3 Of The Worst Combat Aircraft Flown During The Korean War
The Korean War featured the first jets the U.S. military flew in combat, but not everything was new and shiny. Some aircraft ...
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RTX's Pratt & Whitney completes series of rotating detonation engine testing
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has completed a series of tests on its rotating detonation engine (RDE) work with the RTX ...
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RTX's Pratt & Whitney F135 engine surpasses 1 million flight hours
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, announced today that the F135 engine has surpassed one million engine flight hours powering the F ...
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Super League’s young prodigy Oliver Pratt talks his meteoric rise, staying at Wakefield Trinity and St Helens
OLIVER PRATT is a name that is currently doing the rounds in Super League following a stellar start to the 2025 season. The 20-year-old has played in both of Wakefield Trinity’s opening games of ...
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Pratt & Whitney’s GTF Advantage engine gains FAA certification
Pratt & Whitney’s GTF Advantage engine for the Airbus A320neo family has received FAA certification. Credit: Sylvain Ramadier. Pratt & Whitney, a business of RTX, has announced the certification of ...
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GE and Pratt & Whitney take a new step in developing the engine intended to power the future sixth-generation fighter of the U.S.
Both General Electric Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have announced that their respective XA102 and XA103 engine designs have successfully passed this stage, which serves as a precursor to the ...
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Pratt & Whitney Awarded $1.5 Billion Contract to Support the F-22’s Engine
Pratt & Whitney secured a three-year contract to sustain the F119 engines which power the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fleet. Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a $1.5 billion contract to keep sustaining ...
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The Airbus A321XLR powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines has received Type Certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), following the... Latvian airline airBaltic has ...
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EASA Certifies A321XLR With Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines
(RTTNews) - RTX Corporation (RTX), Friday announced that Pratt & Whitney - its aerospace engine subsidiary, has achieved EASA certification for the GTF-powered Airbus A321XLR, clearing the way for ...
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Airbus A321XLR with Pratt & Whitney Engine Receives EASA Type Certification
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued the Type Certificate for the Airbus A321XLR powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines. This follows the certification of the CFM LEAP-1A ...
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Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A321XLR gains EASA type certification
A variant of the new Airbus A321XLR, powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, has received type certification by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). On February 21, 2025, the European ...