Aerospace
Uplifting News: Singapore Airlines Orders GE Engines, Services Valued At $2.9 Billion
Boeing showed its latest passenger jet, the 777X, to the public a few months ago, but the plane keeps making headlines.
Aerospace
Heavy Lifting: Qatar Becomes The Launch Carrier For Boeing’s Massive 777-8 Freighter Jet, Powered By GE
When Boeing test pilot Heather Ross brought the aerospace company’s new 777X jet to the Dubai Airshow for its public debut last November, she talked about the plane in interviews and marveled at the quiet power of its engines. “I tell you what, it’s exciting to push the thrust levers up on these engines,” Ross told GE Reports. “You can feel the thrust. A lot of our takeoffs are full-thrust takeoffs, and they generate so much power.
Aerospace
Testing, Testing: NASA’s New Supersonic Jet To Start Ground Trials
The Concorde completed its last transatlantic flight in 2003, but commercial aviation has kept looking for new ways to fly faster than the speed of sound. That chance just got one step closer to reality.
In August 2020, NASA took delivery of the first F414-GE-100 engine built by GE Aviation for its X-59 QueSST plane, a one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft that will fly faster than Mach 1 and higher than most high-performance aircraft, at 55,000 feet.
Aerospace
The Aviator: GE’s Brad Mottier Grew Up In Planes. He’s Now Helping Cut Aviation’s Carbon Footprint
One afternoon in July at the Oshkosh airshow in Wisconsin, Brad Mottier made his way through the crowded exhibition grounds to see BlackFly, an ovoid, all-electric one-seater that can take off vertically and zip across the sky like an insect at 60 miles per hour. He spent the next 20 minutes talking to the builders while studying the propulsion, construction, design and other features of the alien-looking craft.
Aerospace
United Airlines Terbangkan Pesawat Penumpang Pertama Gunakan 100% Bahan Bakar Berkelanjutan
Dari luar tidak ada yang tampak berbeda pada pesawat Boeing 737 MAX 8 yang dioperasikan oleh United Airlines dalam penerbangan dari bandara O’Hare, Chicago, menuju Reagan National Airport, Washington, dengan 115 penumpang kemarin. Namun, pesawat itu sedang mengukir sejarah. Pasalnya, pesawat tersebut merupakan penerbangan komersial berpenumpang pertama yang menggunakan 100% bahan bakar berkelanjutan atau sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) siap pakai pada salah satu dari dua mesinnya.
Aerospace
Engine Of Growth: A New $8.5 Billion Deal To Help Saudia Expand And Service Its Jet Fleet
It was just a few months before the end of World War II when President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdul Aziz in the Suez Canal and gave him a single Douglas DC-3 plane that soon started flying on domestic routes connecting Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran. The plane became the first aircraft operated by Saudia, the kingdom’s first airline.
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.
Earnings
Third-Quarter Earnings Results: Strong Performance Continues
Reporting GE’s third-quarter results, GE Chairman and CEO Larry Culp said the company delivered “another strong quarter as orders, margins and cash improved.” The results benefited from “continued signs of recovery” in the aviation market, Culp said, but he stressed that GE’s focus on continuous improvement and lean management was driving broader operational and financial progress. He also said that the company was managing through significant challenges, such as supply chain disruptions and onshore wind market pressure due to the U.S. production tax credit (PTC).
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Aerospace
The Superjet: How GE’s Adaptive Cycle Jet Engine Could Supercharge Military Aviation
When David Tweedie describes what it’s like working on the XA100, a fighter jet engine that has been designed to adapt for improved fuel burn on long patrols or increase thrust in combat situations, he compares it to a robot that could have leaped off the pages of a comic book.
Aerospace
Blue Sky Thinking: This Team Gives Jet Engines A New Lease On Life
In early October, GE Aviation closed the door on an era as employees sent the most powerful version of GE’s storied CF6 engine to China Airlines. The delivery was an emotional one, for good reason: It was the last CF6-80E1 engine the company produced.
The CF6 is no ordinary jet engine. GE produced more than 8,500 of them for 250 airlines in 87 countries, going back to its launch in 1971. Among the many passenger and cargo planes it powers is the U.S. president’s Air Force One Boeing 747.