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Pratt Whitney Returns Engines Home | Charleston News
Pratt & Whitney Canada just secured a $1 billion, nine-year contract to overhaul engines for U.S. military pilot trainers—right here in West Virginia. These PT6A-68 engines, originally built in Bridgeport, are now returning home for major maintenance, shipped from military bases to the North Central West Virginia Airport. Local technicians, many trained at Pierpont Community and Technical College right on the tarmac, are keeping these critical training jets airborne. The company even brings trainer planes into Bridgeport so workers can see their impact firsthand. This isn’t just big…
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