Dubai Airshow
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.
Aerospace
How Do You Test The World’s Largest Jet Engine? GE’s Chief Test Pilot Has The Answers
The GE9X has only one fan, but that doesn’t stop it from enjoying some serious star power. When GE brought the world’s largest jet engine to the Paris Air Show in 2019, visitors to its chalet mobbed it like a Hollywood actor and just couldn’t stop taking their picture with it.
Aerospace
The Next Generation: A Team Of Young Engineers Helped Bring 3D Printing Inside The World’s Largest Jet Engine
Stefka Petkova enjoys building things. It’s a passion she’s had since she was a small child when her dad, an electrician who liked to work on cars, kept the door to his workshop open. “I was exposed to that as a very young child and just got a lot of encouragement,” says Petkova, who she spent many afternoons watching him weld and wire automobiles.
Paris Air Show
GE, CFM Wrap Paris Air Show With Record $55 Billion In New Deals
La Compagnie’s new Airbus A321neo jet isn’t a large plane as passenger jets go — it fits 76 reclining seats in its all-business class configuration — but when it arrived at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, it heralded big changes in the industry.
3D Printing
Adding It Up: This Factory Is 3D-Printing Arm-Sized Metal Parts For The World’s Largest Jet Engine
Nestled in the rolling hills of the Po Valley, the small town of Cameri looks like a postcard Italian village, complete with a classic piazza surrounded by traditional-style buildings and a church. It’s a startling contrast, then, that less than a mile from the center of this village sits a major hub of aerospace innovation, anchored by one of largest 3D-printing factories in the world. Operated by Avio Aero, a GE Aviation company, the plant makes the arm-sized blades for the GE9X engine, the world’s largest jet engine.
Aerospace
The Grand Total: Boeing Pairs The World's Largest Twin-Engine Jet With The World's Largest Jet Engine From GE
Boeing just released the first pictures of the world’s largest twin-engine jet, the 777X, equipped with the world’s largest jet engine, the GE9X. The plane is scheduled for its maiden flight this year.
FIA18
Jet Engines Are Not The Only GE Tech Powering Boeing’s Latest Wide-Body Passenger Jet
Aerospace
Jet Engine So Large It Could Swallow A Subway Train Just Powered Through First Set Of Tests
Aerospace
The World’s Largest Jet Engine Is Already More Powerful Than America’s First Manned Space Rocket
Jet engines
The Art of Engineering: The World’s Largest Jet Engine Shows Off Composite Curves
Nick Kray is no Picasso, yet his work is on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. A decade ago, MoMA’s design collection picked up a composite fan blade from the GE90 jet engine that Kray helped create. The blade’s onyx black sinuous curves are pleasing to look at, but for Kray they are no longer state of the art. “We are now working on the fourth generation of that technology,” Kray says.