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“I Love Them All:” Pilot and Photographer Adam Senatori Talks About Shooting the World’s Biggest Airshows

June 25, 2015
The cover of GE’s 1951 Annual Report included an exterior shot of the High Voltage Lab. Image credit: Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady
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An Exclusive Look Inside the World’s Largest Passenger Jet

June 17, 2015
It was hard to miss a brand new Qatar Airways Airbus A380 at the Paris Air Show this week. The world’s largest passenger plane, which has been certified to seat as many as 853 travelers, flew here directly from the Airbus assembly line in Toulouse.
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The first Airbus A380 ever manufactured has been making flyovers at the Paris Air Show. Image credit: GE Reports/Adam Senatori
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World’s Most Advanced Passenger Jets Circle Over Paris

June 17, 2015
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Latest Planes Descend on Paris as World’s Largest Air Show Takes Off

June 11, 2015
The huge Paris Air Show starts at Le Bourget, just outside the French capital, this weekend. The world’s largest and longest-running aerospace trade gathering typically brings together the latest technology in civilian and military aviation and this year is no different: There will be new Airbus and Boeing passenger planes, the latest fighter jets, advanced jet engines and other airborne technology connected to the Industrial Internet.
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Jet Engines with 3D-Printed Parts Power Next-Gen Airbus Passenger Jet

May 19, 2015
A next-generation A320neo Airbus passenger jet powered by twin LEAP jet engines with 3D-printed parts and new advanced materials inside took to the skies for the first time on Tuesday.
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These Space-Age Ceramics Will Be Your Jet Engine’s Next Cup of Tea

May 15, 2015
Humans have been living with ceramics for 25,000 years. We’ve been using them for cups, pipes, pottery and many other handy everyday objects. But the light, strong, and heat resistant material has one fatal flaw, which has kept it confined mainly to the cupboard. “When you hit it, it fails catastrophically,” says Krishan Luthra, chief scientist for manufacturing and materials technologies at GE Global Research in New York. “I thought it would be the Holy Grail if we could get it inside machines, and get more power and savings out of our engines. It could really make an impact.”
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Dressed for Success: This Aircraft Wears High-Tech Clothes

November 18, 2014

Not too long ago, passenger jets were made mostly from aluminum and steel. But over the last two decades, they started putting on  lighter frocks made from high-tech materials called composite. Airbus’ latest plane, the A350 “Extra Wide Body” jet, is perhaps the most fashion-forward aircraft in this space. More than half of the plane’s airframe and skin is made from composite materials.

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Britain’s Elite Red Arrows Aerobats Have GE Tech in Their Quivers

July 27, 2014
The crowd at the most recent Farnborough International Airshow could see the Red Arrows before they could hear them, a fast moving streak of crimson against the blue sky. Soon the elite Royal Air Force squadron screamed over their heads.
The Red Arrows, who came to Farnborough to celebrate their 50th anniversary, are the RAF’s official aerobatic display team and the U.K.’s answer to the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels.
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