Come Dust, Ice, Hail Stone and High-G Force: What it Takes for the LEAP Jet Engine to Prove its Mettle
June 14, 2015
The sand storms in the Gobi Desert in Central Asia are some of the most frightening events nature can cook up, sending giant tan clouds of fine dust as far as Beijing. While locals seal their homes and try to keep the dust away, Gareth Richards, program manager for the next-generation LEAP jet engines at CFM International, can’t get enough of it.
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.