P&W Acquires Test Bed To Wring Out A318 Engine Early

Pratt&Whitney is converting a used Boeing 720 aircraft into a flying test bed for its new PW6000 engine for the Airbus Industrie A318, and hopes to have the job done in time to start flight tests about a year from now. It's an aggressive schedule. If all goes well it means flight tests will start...

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