Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100
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The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 aircraft engine family is a series of 1,800 to 5,000 shaft horsepower turboprops manufactured by Pratt & Whitney Canada. Pratt & Whitney Canada dominates the turboprops market with 89% of the turboprop regional airliner installed base in 2016, leading GE Aviation and Allison Engine Company.
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123, from right to left: propeller mount, gearbox, air intake below, accessories surrounding the compressor, combustor, turbine and exhaust
A PW127E installed on an ATR 72-500
PW127G engine on a CASA C-295 aircraft at Paris Air Show 2013
Turboprop
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A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.
GE T64 turboprop, with the propeller on the left, the gearbox with accessories in the middle, and the gas generator (turbine) on the right
A Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent on a test rig at Hucknall, in March 1945
The Kuznetsov NK-12 is the most powerful turboprop to enter service
A military transport aircraft, over 2,500 Lockheed C-130 Hercules have been built