Game Changers S1 E1 - P&W JT8D

Season 1 Episode 1. - Pratt & Whitney JT8D
This is about the 1960's jet engine and how it drastically spread through aviation to make it one of the most popular engines of all time. This episode explores it's story of world changing.
Video Links: MUC-Spotter - • Boeing 727-2S2F/Adv(RE...
Lepp Aviation - • Delta Air Lines DC-9-5...
Dassault Mercure video by Mustard - • A Commercial Failure: ...
Delta Airlines Flight 1288 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_A...
Music: Hurrungane - Luwaks
Luna - Ebb & Flod
Update: Delta Airlines retired their final MD-80 on 02/06/20

[@BGTech1]

Such a great sounding engine

[@chrisnizer1885]

Thank you for showing some well-deserved love for the venerable JT8-D. 👍 👍

[@dek6922]

These Engines are true workhorses, reliable and durable and set a standard that was followed by other engines which allowed, for example, the adoption of ETOPS standards. With current engines like the LEAP and the PW Pure "Problem", it would be difficult for anyone to be excited about crossing the Atlantic unless they knew how to swim very well.

[@davidhildebrand8894]

Best engine EVER made!

[@therandomytchannel4318]

Long live the JT8D!! I had heard an old 737-200 from my airport not that long ago and it set off car alarms lol smoke and all!

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Um, it WAS the sole powerplant on the 727.

[@glenrosarian2352]

You are correct. And there is nothing in commercial aviation today that compares with the unmistakable sound of that engine.

[@lrg3834]

And the JT8D killer: the French SNECMA M56 aka CFM56, the best selling turbofan jet engine of all time. These engines power more commercial jetliners than all others combined.
That said, the jetliners powered by the JT8D are much better looking than those powered by the CFM56 IMO. So it is sad to see these go.

[@nothingbutjets941]

Cannot hear you. Otherwise good...