Smooth Finish
Photograph

Basil C. Levine

Maker
American, 1928–2011

Smooth Finish

ca. 1975
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (30.2 × 25.1 cm)
Gift of Jonathan Levine, 2024
2024.0041.0078
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on paper taped to verso and folded to recto BC: SMOOTH FINISH -- Technician Edward Richard removes burrs from holes in \ a developmental titanium compressor case which has been cast in two \ pieces for Pratt & Whitney's all new technology aircraft engine -- the \ PW4000 -- at it's East Hartford, Conn. plant. The jet engine manyfacturer \ uses castings instead of welding various components together to form \ complete aircraft parts. This helps reduce the number of parts in the \ PW4000 by 27,000 as compared with the compnay's similarly-sized JT9D \ engine for wide-body transorts. -0- \ From: John A. DeMilia \ Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc. \ 380 Madison Avenue (212) 986-6100 \ New York, New York 10017 \ For: PRATT 7 WHITNEY \ Slug: SMOOTH FINISH \ Neg. No.: PW 1-R1-13 \ 4483
Printed on verso OA: THIS PAPER \ MANUFACTURED \ BY KODAK
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