Turboprop

Pratt and Whitney of Longueil, Quebec, are the acknowledged world leaders in Turboprop gas turbine engines with 1981 sales of some $770 million, a large portion of which is generated by export sales.

Canada's Military-Industrial Complex 1982

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Qantas Grounds Its A380s After Engine Failure Enda Curran 2010

MILAN — Turboprop airliners have demonstrated dramatic world-wide safety improvements so far this year, even as global accident rates for commercial jets are stuck at earlier levels.

Experts Report Gains in Turboprop Safety Andy Pasztor 2010

Captain Renslow had just 110 flying hours in the Q-400 Turboprop.

CNN Transcript May 12, 2009 2009

But exactly what caused the Turboprop to fall from the sky?

CNN Transcript May 12, 2009 2009

TILMON: Well, on that Turboprop airplane, there's just isn't enough heat available to heat the wings and fly the airplane to keep those engines working properly.

CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2009 2009

COOPER: Now a plane like this, a Turboprop -- it's a connecting -- it's a Continental connection flight.

CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2009 2009

So that difference in the resonation between those engines takes what would normally be kind of a purr that you hear with a Turboprop engines working in coordination with each other to something more of a flutter or something that's a burbling sound.

CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2009 2009

It's an ungainly craft, a Soviet-built Antonov Turboprop, with about 40 seats.

Travel in Cambodia: 1991 Trip Journal: Part Three 2008

Our aircraft, once again, is an Antonov Turboprop.

Travel in Cambodia: 1991 Trip Journal: Part Three 2008