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The Dreamliner Dazzles Paris

June 20, 2015
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Oops, the Dreamliner Did it Again

June 16, 2015
Five GEnx engines together generate the same amount of thrust as one Space Shuttle rocket engine. The GIF above shows what that power looks like on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Once again on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, Boeing test pilots Randy Neville and Van Chaney performed a near-vertical takeoff with the Vietnam Airlines’ 787-9 – an extended version of the Dreamliner.
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Take a Close Look at Boeing’s YouTube Sensation at the Paris Air Show

June 14, 2015
Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz examine pieces of isolators struck by Steinmetz’s lightning generator. Image credits: Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady"
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The Most Disruptive Idea of the Past 85 Years Powers a $22 Billion GE Business

December 09, 2014
What is the most disruptive idea since the Wall Street Crash of 1929? Bloomberg Businessweek, which turned 85 this fall, picked one idea for every year it’s been publishing, and the jet engine soared to the top of the list, above “The Pill,” Google search, television, e-mail and microchips.
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Inside GE's Boot Camp For Jet Engines

November 04, 2014
There are few people who know more about bad days for flying than Brian De Bruin and his team at GE’s jet engine testing facility in Peebles, Ohio. The team’s job is to make sure that GE engines keep working when they run into bad thunderstorms or a stray seagull. They expose the machines to hail and monsoon rain, hit them with bird carcasses, and even set off small explosions inside to simulate blade failure. “Some of these tests are relatively benign, but others are quite damaging,” De Bruin says. “You’ve got to prove that your engines are good.”
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A Short Flight for a Jet, A Giant Leap for a Jet Engine

October 10, 2014

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Dancing With Jet Engines: Marquese Scott Busts His Moves at GE's Aviation Bootcamp

October 02, 2014

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Honey, I Shrunk the World: How Materials Scientists Made the Globe Smaller

September 15, 2014
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United Becomes First U.S. Carrier to Fly New, Longer Dreamliner

September 14, 2014

The Dreamliner is growing up. A new, longer version of the plane powered by a pair of GEnx jet engines recently landed an FAA certification. In September, Boeing delivered the bigger jet to United Airlines, the first carrier to operate the plane in North America.

Starting next month, United will be flying the aircraft, which can carry 252 passengers, six times per week between Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia.

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GE’s Jet Engine Unit Brings Home $36 Billion in New Business at Farnborough Airshow

July 16, 2014

The Middle East is quickly becoming a new global aviation hub with big plans for the future. Nowhere are those plans better visible than at giant airshows like the one in Farnborough, UK, which finished this week. Emirates and Qatar Airlines, for example, finalized multi-billion orders for Boeing’s next-generation 777X long-haul planes, building on a momentum from last year’s Dubai airshow.

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