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Eyes in the Sky: #DRONEWEEK Will Beam Aerial Footage From GE’s Boot Camp for Jet Engines on Periscope

July 17, 2015
Before a new GE machine design gets cleared for production, it has to go through rigorous testing and endure conditions it will likely never see in service – from golf ball-size hail to exploding jet engine fan blades. In the U.S., the company’s testing facilities are sometimes located in remote corners of the country and even employees rarely see more than a couple.
But that’s about to change. Starting Monday, GE will use drones to beam footage from five testing sites and factories to everyone with the Periscope app on its channel @generalelectric.
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Every Year in July, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Becomes the World’s Busiest Airport for a Week. Here's Why.

July 17, 2015
When Paul Poberezny launched the Experimental Aircraft Association in 1953, he could run the gathering of flying enthusiasts and do-it-yourself airplane builders from the basement of his suburban home in Milwaukee, Wis. The group’s first fly-in, which took place later that year, attracted 22 planes and 150 visitors. “We were amateurs,” said Poberezny, who died in 2013.
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Up, Up and Away: GE’s Billion Dollar Bet on Ceramic Super Material is Taking Off

July 13, 2015
People have been using ceramics for millennia, but the material’s practical applications have been mostly confined to the kitchen. “When you hit it, it fails catastrophically,” says Krishan Luthra, chief scientist for manufacturing and materials technologies at GE Global Research (GRC) in New York.
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GE Capital Ends Second Quarter with $68 Billion in Announced Deals, Focuses on Industrial Core

June 30, 2015
GE engineers test an indoor lightning generator for the 1939 - 1940 New York World’s Fair. Image courtesy of the New York Public Library archives and brought to life by Kevin Weir / flux machine.
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“I Love Them All:” Pilot and Photographer Adam Senatori Talks About Shooting the World’s Biggest Airshows

June 25, 2015
The cover of GE’s 1951 Annual Report included an exterior shot of the High Voltage Lab. Image credit: Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady
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What Happens Inside A Jet Engine? GE Lashed Together A Bunch Of Supercomputers To Find Out

June 23, 2015
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The Great Paris Air Show Scavenger Hunt for GE Tech

June 18, 2015
For GE and CFM International, GE’s joint company with France’s Snecma (Safran), the Paris Air Show was primarily about selling the latest jet engines like the LEAP, the GEnx, and the GE9X. But that doesn’t mean the company didn’t have other technology around.
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Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant: The World’s Largest and Most Powerful Jet Engine is Getting Bigger

June 17, 2015
Building something new usually takes a lot of brains, effort and time. When GE decided to put blades made from untested carbon fiber composites inside a brand new jet engine, replacing titanium with what was essentially plastic, it also required a lot of nerves.
“The design team woke up every morning thinking about it, and went to bed every night thinking about it,” says David Joyce, chief executive of GE Aviation. “It was such a radical change in design.”
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An Exclusive Look Inside the World’s Largest Passenger Jet

June 17, 2015
It was hard to miss a brand new Qatar Airways Airbus A380 at the Paris Air Show this week. The world’s largest passenger plane, which has been certified to seat as many as 853 travelers, flew here directly from the Airbus assembly line in Toulouse.
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The first Airbus A380 ever manufactured has been making flyovers at the Paris Air Show. Image credit: GE Reports/Adam Senatori
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World’s Most Advanced Passenger Jets Circle Over Paris

June 17, 2015
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