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Test Early, Test Often: How the GE9X Engine Became GE Aerospace’s Most Advanced Certified Power Plant Yet
Ohio doesn’t get many sandstorms. But an hour east of Cincinnati, on an otherwise sunny day, a dust devil is brewing. Atop a towering scaffold, a row of hoses pumps out dense clouds of powder and grit. They are instantly sucked, like a horizontal tornado, into the spinning fan blades of a jet engine a few feet away.
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Getting Granular: How GE Aerospace Engineers Used Science to Solve an Engine Durability Problem
The LEAP engine, the high-bypass turbofan produced by CFM International, the 50-50 joint company between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines, has built a reputation as a leader in efficiency and asset utilization. In airline service, it is demonstrating better durability in neutral environments than the previous-generation CFM56 product line at the same point in that engine’s life.
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Heavy Lifting: Qatar Becomes The Launch Carrier For Boeing’s Massive 777-8 Freighter Jet, Powered By GE
When Boeing test pilot Heather Ross brought the aerospace company’s new 777X jet to the Dubai Airshow for its public debut last November, she talked about the plane in interviews and marveled at the quiet power of its engines. “I tell you what, it’s exciting to push the thrust levers up on these engines,” Ross told GE Reports. “You can feel the thrust. A lot of our takeoffs are full-thrust takeoffs, and they generate so much power.
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The Test Pilot: Heather Ross Is Helping Boeing Get Its Newest Jet Ready For Service
Heather Ross flew Air Force jets in the Gulf War and piloted passenger planes for a major U.S. airline. But nothing compares to the aircraft she’s flying now. In mid-November, she brought to the Dubai Airshow the Boeing 777X, the plane-maker’s latest widebody jet, for its much-anticipated public debut. As deputy chief pilot for the 777X program, Ross is part of the team making sure the jet will be ready to enter service.
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The Future of Flight: Emirates Head of Engineering Wants To Give Flyers More Sustainable Choices
As the head of engineering at Emirates, one of the world’s largest airlines, Ahmed Safa is responsible for many things. These days, few topics get him engaged faster than sustainability. GE Reports caught up with Safa at Expo 2020 Dubai, where he was attending GE’s Spotlight Tomorrow summit at the U.S. pavilion. The event took place just a few days before the 2021 Dubai Airshow, where Emirates and GE Aviation brought planes, engines and other technology to the forefront.
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The Superfan: How Roxana Leonte Morphed From Flight Attendant To A Jet Engine ‘Geek’
As a young girl, Roxana Leonte remembers feeling awestruck by the white lines of the contrails that airplanes left in the sky as they soared high above her home in Romania. She marveled at everything from the physics that allowed airplanes to take flight to what it would feel like to be a passenger or even the pilot on a jumbo jet.
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Shake It Off: GE’s Record-Breaking Jet Engine Is A Dust-Busting Powerhouse
At the Dubai Airshow this week, one of the most anticipated sights will be the Boeing 777X, Boeing’s new plane powered by the GE9X, the most powerful jet engine in the world. But thrust is just one of the engine’s many attributes.
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The Showstopper: Boeing’s New 777X Jet Makes Its Public Debut At Dubai Airshow
It took Boeing years to develop its newest wide-body passenger jet, the 777X, but just 15 hours to fly it from Seattle to the United Arab Emirates, where the plane made its public debut at the Dubai Airshow on Sunday. First impressions? “Magnificent 777X is out to impress,” one front-page headline declared. “X-pectant,” said another.
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Wash And Go: GE’s New Way Of Cleaning Jet Engines Can Help Airlines Cut Emissions And Improve Operations
If there’s one thing airlines chase more than anything else when it comes to engines, it’s “time on wing.” The longer you can keep a jet engine in good working order without having to remove it for maintenance, the more flights you can complete and customers you can serve.
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Data Plans: How Software Is Helping Airlines Take A Bite Out Of Carbon Emissions
Data may not be what makes the world go round, but it can help airlines increase fuel efficiency and, by extension, help reduce carbon dioxide emissions when their passengers are on globe-trotting adventures.