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Found: This Old GE Comic Book Tells the Whole Incredible Story of the Birth of the Jet Age

October 03, 2015
GE didn’t invent the jet engine, but it built the first one in America during World War II. It was no accident. The company had been making turbines for power plants and superchargers for propeller planes for decades. Without all that knowledge, the jet age would’ve taken longer to lift off.
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An Inside Look at GE’s Prague Turboprop Engine Plant

September 03, 2015
After Paris and Oshkosh, the world airshow tour has moved to Moscow in August. GE introduced at the show for the first time a new H85 turboprop engine for next-generation propeller planes like the L-410 NG made by Aircraft Industries.
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Jet-Powered Bangkok: Efficient Aviation-based Turbines to Start Lighting Thailand Next Year

September 02, 2015
Thailand’s star has been on the rise for quite some time. Within the span of a single generation, social and economic progress has propelled it from a low to upper-middle-income level and the country’s poverty rate has been cut almost in half. But while capital has been pouring in, reliable electricity is still hard to come by.
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Talkin’ ‘Bout Power Generation: How an English Aviation Engineer’s Lofty Perspective Helped GE’s Turbine Business Take Off

August 24, 2015
John Lammas sees his handiwork all over the place. At the airport, he can gaze out at a taxiing plane and think, “I worked on that fan blade.” Passing by a power-generation plant, he can say to himself, “I worked on the turbines inside.”
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Atomic Bonding from a Bottle? These Scientists Use Supersonic Spray to Repair Turbines

August 11, 2015
Two years ago, scientists at the GE Global Research labs (GRC) in upstate New York found a futuristic way to fix things: blowing metal powder, at four times the speed of sound, onto parts in need of service. “The tiny bits of material fly so fast then they essentially fuse together when they hit the target,” says Gregorio Dimagli, materials scientist from Avio Aero. “Unlike welding, you don’t need to apply heat to make them stick. The bond happens on the atomic level. That’s why we are so excited.”
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Speedy, Defiant, Hummingbird and Other Crazy Awesome Planes of Oshkosh

July 30, 2015
The tiny El Chuparosa biplane wasn’t the strangest aircraft at the annual EAA AirVenture fly-in at Oshkosh, Wis., which ended last week. That title probably belongs to one of Burt Rutan’s creations like Speedy or Defiant. But the diminutive craft was certainly the smallest.
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Czech Mates: Once Bound for Siberia, this Airborne Duo Keeps Climbing Higher

July 29, 2015
The Czech plane builder Aircraft Industries has a long history of making small turboprops that can handle extreme conditions: from Siberian frost and Saharan heat to thin Himalayan air in places like Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, which many pilots consider the most dangerous landing strip in the world.
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24 Hours at Oshkosh: A Photo Essay from The World’s Largest Gathering of Aviators

July 23, 2015
Paul Poberezny, the founder of the world’s largest gathering of aviation enthusiasts in Oshkosh, Wis., was born to a poor Midwest family. But he grew up to be wealthy. “I ended up being a millionaire because I have a million friends,” he told the news site for pilots AVweb.
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Painting the Sky Red: Stunt Pilot Sean D. Tucker Breaks the Laws of Gravity

July 22, 2015
Sean D. Tucker may not be a household name, but within the aviation community he could well be Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk with his red airplane.
Tucker is a member of the Living Legends of Flight, an elite group of aviators and astronauts that includes Jimmy Doolittle, “Chuck” Yeager, and John Glenn.

On Tuesday he performed in Oshkosh a stunning 11-minute routine that would send Albert Einstein back to his desk to re-check his gravity equations.
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Festival of Flight: Inside the World’s Largest Gathering of Aircraft Lovers

July 21, 2015
There seem to be more planes parked on the green grounds of Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis., than there are cloverleaves in the grass beneath their wheels. The airport is the home of the annual EAA AirVentures air show – the world’s largest gathering for flying enthusiasts (see below). Here, all the planes, their pilots and owners each tell their own unique story.
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