Pratt&Whitney's PW6000 Makes First Test Flight

Pratt&Whitney's newest engine, the PW6000, completed its first flight test this week keeping the engine on track to enter service in 2002. The PW6000 is the launch engine for the new Airbus A318. The test engine was mounted on the right wing of P&W's Boeing 720 flying test bed aircraft. Initial data...

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