PHOTO : Pratt & Whitney Boeing 747SP during flight tests

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Photo by: Sun Valley Aviation (Date: 25.06.2010)
Airline: Pratt & Whitney Canada [N708BA]
Type: Boeing 747SP
Airport: USA, Arizona, Phoenix Mesa Gateway (IWA) ()
Comment: Pratt & Whitney Canada will be using this SP Jumbo as an engine test-bed having been painted as well into the full company livery.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -lift.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is a nice feature about "engine test beds" by the way...

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Anyone knows if this 747SP replaces the last flying B720 C-FETB from P&W ?

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Anyone knows if this 747SP replaces the last flying B720 C-FETB from P&W ?

Honeywell in June retired its workhorse N720H, a 1961 Boeing 720 powered by four JT3D engines, and began testing its replacement, N757HW, a 1982 Boeing 757-225 with dual R-R RB211 engines. The company had also considered purchasing an Airbus A320, Boeing 747SP or Boeing 767 for the testbed before selecting the 757.

Pratt & Whitney too recently set aside N720PW, a JT3D-powered 1960 Boeing 720, for a refurbished 747SP, the tail number of which P&W will not reveal.

Unfortunatly P&W is a different company than P&W Canada (where the C-FETB flies); she remains active (but it won't be for long I'm affraid)

Adios,
H.