Sun, Aug 29, 2010
Planned Entry Into Service Is 2013
Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly on its first
PurePower PW1524G engine for the Bombardier CSeries aircraft and
will deliver the engine to the company's West Palm Beach, FL,
facility later this month to initiate testing. The engine Last Bolt
Ceremony was held Wednesday at Pratt & Whitney's Middletown
Engine Center in Connecticut. This engine marks the beginning of an
eight-engine validation and certification program.
"We have worked closely with Pratt & Whitney engineers over
the past two years to optimize engine performance as we integrated
this powerplant into our airplane design," Benjamin Boehm, vice
president, Commercial Aircraft Programs for Bombardier, told Pratt
& Whitney employees at the Last Bolt Ceremony. "We are very
pleased with the progress of the engine program to date and that
Pratt & Whitney has completed first engine assembly on
time."
"When we told the world that this engine would change
everything, we meant it," said Bob Saia, vice president, Next
Generation Product Family. "The completion of this first full
PW1524G engine on time keeps the program on schedule to deliver its
extraordinary benefits to customers in 2013. Earlier this year we
completed our engine core test program, demonstrating performance
and operability on our design targets. This engine will be tested
to supplement the core testing, enabling us to demonstrate the full
engine performance. Our engine is not a concept. It is real and we
have data to validate our product capability."
Bombardier CSeries Artist's Rendering
The PW1500G engine test program will run a total of eight test
engines over the next 24 months with engine certification and
aircraft first flight scheduled for 2012. Entry into service is
scheduled for 2013. Bombardier has sold CSeries aircraft to German
flag carrier, Deutsche Lufthansa, Lease Corporation International
and Republic Airways.
Pratt & Whitney recently concluded PurePower engine core
testing with more than 260 accumulated test hours. In addition to
the core testing, Pratt & Whitney has performed critical
module-level testing for the PurePower engine program, including
fan drive gear system testing with simulations of more than 60,000
takeoffs and landings, and hundreds of hours of testing on the low
and high-pressure compressor with advanced designs meeting or
exceeding efficiency and operability goals.
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