BA 747-100 engines?
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BA 747-100 engines?
I am sure some wise soul will be able to tell me which engines BA used on their 747-100s. I was told they were P&W but I don't know for certain. All I know is they looked completely different to the RR engines on the 747-200s.
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Early BA 747-136's had P & W JT9D-3A engines. After the JT9D-7 went into service P&W offered a conversion kit to upgrade the -3A's to -7CN's (CN for converted) which retained a lot of the external bits in the same locations as the -3A but installed -7 internal bits especially the combustion and turbine sections and upped the thrust. BA used to paint -7A or -7CN on the engine exterior as the component location differences were significant and it helped to know what was under the cowls before starting work.