“This engine is going to allow us to do this so much better.” Reginald Sandiford, who helped assemble the JT8D at the Middletown plant, has been with Pratt for 33 years, and he helped assemble ...

But that was not always the case: in earlier decades, noise reduction was not a priority, and many jets of that era became ...

The JT8D-219 engine is assembled and tested in Pratt & Whitney's Middletown, Conn., facility. The current commercial JT8D-219 engine with external modifications has been certified to support B707 ...

JASはMD81、87型両機搭載のエンジンJT8D―200シリーズの整備を石川島播磨重工業に委託していましたが、一九九九年十一月末から十年契約で米 ...

The U.S. Air Force wants to re-engine its E-8 Joint-STARS aircraft, but officials are rethinking an earlier plan to award the contract to Pratt & Whitney for its JT8D engines.

It is transferring all JT8D overhauls from its shop in Columbus, Ohio – which was dedicated to the engine – to Christchurch, New Zealand, says Thackrah. The Columbus engine centre is rapidly ...