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Engine Alliance Completes Initial Tests of First GP7000 Engine.

Advanced Materials & Composites News,  April, 2004  

Tags: Airbus, General Electric Co., Pratt & Whitney

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April 21, 2004 - The engine alliance between General Electric (GE) and Pratt & Whitney (P&W) completed initial testing of the first GP7000 engine being developed for the Airbus A380 super-jumbo aircraft. During approximately one month of sea-level testing at P&W's facility in East Hartford, Conn., the engine ran 45 hours and achieved 86,500 pounds of thrust in the Airbus configuration (88,000 pounds measured in cell conditions), well above its intended entry into service level of 70,000 pounds of thrust.

The First Engine To Test (FETT) program also surveyed mechanical ...

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