P&W PurePower PW1500G engine completes first flight test program

The Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1500G engine, the PW1524G engine for the Bombardier CSeries aircraft, completed its first flight test program logging 25 flights with 115 flight hours. The PW1524G engine has been flight testing on Pratt & Whitney’s 747SP flying test bed at Pratt & Whitney Canada’s Mirabel Aerospace Centre, in Mirabel, Quebec (Canada) since June 20. Final production assembly and test will also occur at the Mirabel facility for both the PW1524G and P&WC’s advanced PW800 family of PurePower engines for the next generation of large business jets. The PW1500G engine test program will run a total of eight test engines over the next 16 months with engine certification scheduled for 2012 and entry into service in late 2013.