Even the most experienced U.S. military pilots may have raised an eyebrow or two when they got their first look at the country’s newest secretive jet. The plane lacked afterburner — a part of the engine that gives fighter jets extra push and helps them go supersonic — it was unstable on all three flight axes without the help of an onboard computer, it had an odd, angular skin and it handled limited payload.
But there was one piece of information that trumped those concerns: the plane was nearly invisible to enemy radar. Now that’s something.
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Since the first engines developed by CFM International entered service in the early 1980s, the joint venture between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines has reduced their fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 40% compared with the engines that were replaced. Now CFM plans to slash those numbers by another 20%, which would represent the greatest decarbonization gain the partners have ever achieved.
Since the first engines developed by CFM International entered service in the early 1980s, the joint venture between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines has reduced their fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 40% compared with the engines they replaced. The company said today that it plans to slash those numbers by another 20%, which would represent the greatest decarbonization gain the partners have ever achieved.
Travis Harper’s life has always been full of planes. Growing up two blocks away from Midway Airport on the south side of Chicago, there always seemed to be a jet landing over his family home. “Throughout my childhood, I was fascinated with aviation," he says. "I would watch the planes take off and land and imagine having the opportunity to travel and experience the world.”
For Abbey Bugenske, the decision to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus was a natural one. “I got it purely on my own, wanting to protect the people around me,” she says. Protecting herself, along with her friends, family and colleagues at work? It just made perfect sense.
Sebelumnya dibutuhkan 4 mesin untuk menerbangkan sebuah pesawat yang menempuh jarak jauh – namun GE90 mampu mengubah semuanya. Diperkenalkan pada 1990, mesin bersejarah ini memungkinkan pesawat jet berbadan lebar Boeing 777 hanya menggunakan 2 mesin, menghemat bahan bakar dan biaya perawatan dan berjasa meningkatkan sektor logistik, ekonomi dan estetika terkait penerbangan jet.
Two is company, but three doesn’t have to be a crowd. It can be a successful partnership.
Most people won’t go to Antarctica when the world reopens after the pandemic. But just in case they want to keep their options open, there may be a way. At the end of February, a Boeing 767 passenger jet operated by Loftleiðir, a charter-flight subsidiary of Icelandair, landed on the snowy continent.
