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GUY NORRIS / LOS ANGELESAlliance to get four engines - set to power the A380 - built and validated in nine monthsThe General Electric/Pratt Whitney Engine Alliance plans to kick off ground tests in early March of the first GP7200 engine for the Airbus A380. The tests will be at PW s Hartford, Connecticut site following the start of final as air max plus sembly of the initial powerplant with the arrival of the first core from GE s Durham, North Carolina plant. From a test perspective, our focus is get the initial four test engines built and the design validated over nine months, says PW s GP7000 general manager Bob Saia. Eight engines are eventually planned for the test effort, which is set to culminate with Federal Aviation Administration FAR 35 engine certification in July 2005, and a first flight powering an A380 in early November 2005.The engine, designated GP7200 for t nike af he Airbus application, will be certificated concurrently at take-off thrust ratings of 76,500lb 340kN and 81,500lb, although the baseline GP7270 will be rated at 70,000lb for the A380-800 passenger version and the GP7277 at 76,500lb for the heavier -800 freighter.The first GP7200 is expected to be structurally complete by mid-February and, following an initial two-week test phase in Connecticut, will go to the Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee for an extensive altitude test programme due to last owala three months. This will give us the key characteristics of the engine in terms of structure Iuaj Toronto 2018 preview: Screen s guide to the TIFF Docs titles

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