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Aerospace

367,000 Glasses Of Wine In The Sky … : These Number Show Why Qantas’ Perth-London Nonstop Route Is A Huge Hit With Flyers

Tomas Kellner
April 16, 2019

Qantas Airways made big headlines last year — and generated more than $100 million Australian dollars in free publicity, according to the airline — when it launched the first nonstop flight between Australia and London, a flight path that’s long been called the Kangaroo Route. The flight took off from Perth in Western Australia on March 24, 2018, and landed 17 hours and 20 minutes later at London’s Heathrow Airport.

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additive manufacturing

The Devil Is In The Details: How GE Found A Way To Bring 3D Printing To Mass Production

Tomas Kellner
October 03, 2018

3D printing has rightfully gotten a lot of buzz because of the marvels it can do. Also known as additive manufacturing, it has opened new paths for designers to create custom shapes that were previously too expensive or downright impossible to make. The technology's potential is enormous, but GE engineer Peter Martinello offers a dose of perspective. “This is true if you have to print just one part,” he says.

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FIA18

GE Aviation And Its Partners Win $22 Billion In New Deals At Farnborough Airshow

Tomas Kellner
July 19, 2018

It’s been a week splashed with sunshine at the Farnborough International Airshow — an unusual sight for England in July — but GE Aviation still made it rain. The GE unit that makes aircraft engines, plane components, avionics and other aerospace technology said it and its partner, CFM International, have won orders valued at more than $22 billion at list price.

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FIA18

Thinking Big: GE Lands A $2.5 Billion Engine Deal With Airlines Operating Giant Freighters

Tomas Kellner
July 18, 2018

The award for the most jaw-dropping display at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow goes to the Russian cargo airline Volga-Dnepr.

We mean it literally.

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Aerospace

Fleet Feat: Dozens More GE-Powered Dreamliners Set To Enter Commission

Tomas Kellner
May 08, 2018
A 9,000-mile Qantas flight made history March 24 as the first scheduled nonstop flight between Australia and Europe. That journey also marked the debut of a new route for Qantas passengers, who can now fly directly from Perth to London in 17 hours aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner powered by a pair of GE Aviation’s GEnx jet engines.
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Aerospace

Going For Great: In A Deal Valued At $6.5 Billion, GE Jet Engines Will Power American’s New Dreamliner Fleet

Tomas Kellner
April 07, 2018
Just two weeks ago, a Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner flew nonstop between Australia and London, a flight that lasted more than 17 hours and covered 9,000 miles. The two GE engines that powered the jet have landed in the news again today with an announcement from American Airlines.
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The flying leap of Qantas’s new Kangaroo Route

Natalie Filatoff
March 24, 2018
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce tells the story of Hudson Fysh, one of the founders of Qantas, who in 1931 said, “By 2031 … one may be seated in a bullet-shaped vehicle awaiting departure on a trip to London, occupying a little over half a day.” Yesterday evening, on Saturday March 24, 2018, around 236 passengers did just that when QF9, taxied down the runway at Perth airport to take off for the first non-stop passenger flight to London — expected duration 17 hours and 20 minutes.
“It seems we are 13 years ahead of schedule!” said Joyce.
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Aerospace

A Flight Of Fancy: Qantas Jet Flies Non-Stop From Australia To London For The First Time, Powered By GE

Dorothy Pomerantz
March 24, 2018
In the 1940s, it took a Qantas flight more than four days and seven stops to fly from Australia to London. A Qantas jet can now cover the same distance in 17 hours and 20 minutes, flying nonstop for the first time.
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FIA16

In The Belly Of The Beast: Inside One Of The World’s Largest Cargo Jets

Tomas Kellner
July 14, 2016
Not all jet engines work hard when they’re in the air. Like off-duty pilots flying jump seat, GE sometimes moves its engines in the belly of the massive Antonov An-124 Ruslan freighters operated by the Volga-Dnepr Group. Among the GE businesses that take advantage of the planes' 150-ton cargo capacity is GE Power, which uses them to ship entire power plants to far corners of the world.
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FIA16

Space Age Ceramics Are Aviation's New Cup Of Tea

Tomas Kellner
July 13, 2016
People have been making things from iron and steel for more than 3,000 years. Machines built from their alloys have landed on the moon and reached the very bottom of the ocean. But engineers such as GE Aviation’s Sanjay Correa now believe that “we’re running out of headroom in metals.”
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