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    The geared turbofan is a type of turbofan aircraft engine with a planetary gearbox between the low pressure compressor / turbine and the fan, enabling...
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    Whitney PW1000G family, also known as the GTF (geared turbofan), is a family of high-bypass geared turbofan produced by Pratt & Whitney. Following years...
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    A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of references...
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    Lycoming ALF 502 (category Geared turbofan engines)
    The Lycoming ALF 502/LF 507 (later Honeywell ALF 502/LF 507) is a geared turbofan engine produced by Lycoming Engines, AlliedSignal, and then Honeywell...
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    Garrett TFE731 (category Geared turbofan engines)
    The Garrett TFE731 (now Honeywell TFE731) is a family of geared turbofan engines commonly used on business jet aircraft. Garrett AiResearch originally...
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    Embraer E-Jet E2 family (category Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear)
    the adoption of the more fuel-efficient Pratt & Whitney PW1900G, a geared turbofan engine. The aircraft family comprises three variants that share the...
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    turbofan engines, but it could test a series/parallel hybrid electric propulsor based on Rolls-Royce LibertyWorks' EVE concept of a geared turbofan....
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    Pratt & Whitney F119 for what became the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Geared turbofans are also used in the following engines, some still in development:...
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    ghost of the geared IAE SuperFan proposed for the A340 (supplanted in 1987 by the CFM56). CFM International has also considered geared turbofan architecture...
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    Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800 (category 2010s turbofan engines)
    service on schedule in late 2022. The PW800 was originally going to be a geared turbofan like the PW1000G. While the PW814/PW815 shares the core of the PW1500G...
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    Québec held the remaining stake. Powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1500G geared turbofan engines under its wings, the twinjet features fly-by-wire flight controls...
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  • stage, IAE was also engaged in the development of the SuperFan, a geared turbofan derived from the V2500; however, work on this project was terminated...
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    British Aerospace 146 (category Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear)
    T-tail. It has four geared turbofan engines mounted on pylons underneath the wings, and has a retractable tricycle landing gear. The aircraft operates...
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    Embraer E-Jet family (category Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear)
    needed] In January 2013, Embraer selected the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofan engine to power the E2 family. On 28 February 2018, The E190-E2 received...
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  • September 2023, it was revealed by Pratt & Whitney that its PW1000G geared turbofan engines needs to be removed or replaced from the A320neo aircraft across...
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    reduce engine fuel consumption, like higher pressure and bypass ratios, geared turbofans, open rotors, hybrid electric or fully electric propulsion; and airframe...
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    combining a geared turbofan with a piston engine core. The 2.87 m diameter, 16-blade fan gives a 33.7 ultra-high bypass ratio, driven by a geared low-pressure...
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    Neo and Airbus A220. The durability of the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofan engine since its inception in 2016 has been the central issue. In July...
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  • IAE SuperFan (category Geared turbofan engines)
    The IAE V2500SF SuperFan was a design study for a high-bypass geared turbofan derived from the IAE V2500. It was offered as the primary engine option...
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  • Turbomeca Aspin (category Geared turbofan engines)
    Aspin was a small French turbofan engine produced by Turbomeca in the early 1950s. This geared turbofan design was the first turbofan to fly, powering the...
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    Pratt & Whitney PW1000Gs, and was the first program to select the geared turbofan. The M90 (originally named MRJ90) was to seat 86 to 96, while the smaller...
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    C919 Jet". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024. "Pratt offers geared turbofan for China's C919 airliner". Flight Global. 5 October 2009. Archived...
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    Columbus program. The PW800 is based on the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan core without the gear reduction. The departure from Rolls-Royce Aero Engines is...
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    instead of two high-thrust turbofans to bypass ETOPS restrictions on trans-oceanic routes, and a three-leg main landing gear instead of two for a heavier...
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    Aurora D8 (category Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear)
    Graham Warwick (March 26, 2015). "A Reversed, Tilted Future For Pratt's Geared Turbofan?". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Real Engineering: The Future of...
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  • Whitney, Pratt &. "Air China and Shenzhen Airlines Choose PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ Engines for 60 A320neo Family Aircraft". www.prnewswire.com (Press...
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    both the turboprop and turbofan, but distinct from both. The design is intended to offer the speed and performance of a turbofan, with the fuel economy...
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    neo occurred on 25 September 2014. Its Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM geared turbofan ('GTF') engine was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration...
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    Pratt & Whitney responded with the 100,000 lbf (440 kN) thrust PW1000G geared turbofan architecture. GE Aviation proposed the GE9X with a 128 in (325 cm)...
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    ground hundred of planes after reported faults with Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan engines. The CEO said he expected the issue to affect the fleet for...
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