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This Pratt & Whitney PW4090 powers United's Boeing 777 aircraft. It can offer up to 91,790 pounds of thrust.
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The Pratt & Whitney PW4000-94 powers Boeing 747-400 and 767-200/300 models. It produces between 52,000 and 62,000 pounds of thrust.
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The 777 engines are some of the largest commercial jet engines around. Each 777 airliner uses two PW4090s.
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The exhaust case on the left is $200,000, but the low-pressure turbine module on the right is $2 million.
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If you still have cash to spend you could pick up this high-pressure compressor rotor module for $250,000. When put together, a complete 777 engine costs $10 million to $12 million and a 747 engine
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Here you can gauge the immense scale of a 747-400. We're under the starboard wing just behind two of the PW4000-94 engines. They look even bigger in their cowlings.
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United also displayed various engine parts with their respective price tags. It wasn't a cheap date by any means. For example, this high-pressure compressor module costs only $3.5 million.
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If you were up to it, you could join a group and pull an Airbus A320 across the tarmac. The aircraft weighs only 94,000 pounds, or 42,600 kilograms
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This low-pressure compressor module is just $1 million.
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You'll need a bit more for this high-pressure turbine module. It's worth $2.4 million.
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The Pratt & Whitney PW4000-94 powers Boeing 747-400 and 767-200/300 models. It produces between 52,000 and 62,000 pounds of thrust.
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The Blue Angels aircraft parked on the edge of the maintenance facility before they departed for one of their San Francisco Fleet Week air shows.