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GE and Air Force Unveil the Ultimate Flying Machine

June 17, 2015
GE built a million-volt lightning generator, studying for the first time the effects of lightning strikes and power surges on electrical systems in a controlled laboratory setting. Images credit: Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady.
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Mother Knows Best: How Mohammad Ehteshami Traveled from a Pistachio Farm to the Pinnacle of Jet Engine Engineering

June 16, 2015
Mohammad Ehteshami has helped build the world’s largest and most powerful jet engines during his 31-year career at GE. But as a boy in a tiny desert village in Iran, odds were he would grow up farming pistachios. That is, until his mother intervened. I caught up with Ehteshami at the Paris Air Show, to talk about the latest jet engine technology.
Tomas Kellner: How did you end up running jet engine engineering at GE, arguably the world’s largest jet engine maker?
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Oops, the Dreamliner Did it Again

June 16, 2015
Five GEnx engines together generate the same amount of thrust as one Space Shuttle rocket engine. The GIF above shows what that power looks like on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Once again on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, Boeing test pilots Randy Neville and Van Chaney performed a near-vertical takeoff with the Vietnam Airlines’ 787-9 – an extended version of the Dreamliner.
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Take a Close Look at Boeing’s YouTube Sensation at the Paris Air Show

June 14, 2015
Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz examine pieces of isolators struck by Steinmetz’s lightning generator. Image credits: Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady"
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GE-Powered Dreamliner Steals Paris Air Show with a Stunning Getaway

June 12, 2015
The Paris Air Show starts this weekend and Boeing is bringing a brand new Dreamliner aircraft powered by a pair of GEnx engines. In preparation for the show, the plane just performed some heart-stopping acrobatics that hopefully none of us will ever have to experience during a routine flight, including what seems to be near-vertical lift off.
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Napoleon Missed His Shot at Frequent Flier Miles, But St. Helena, His Faraway Island Exile, is Finally Getting an Airport

June 11, 2015
The only way to reach Saint Helena, a rugged volcanic island in the middle of the South Atlantic slightly larger than Manhattan, is by catching a five-day ride on the Royal Mail Ship St. Helena. The vessel visits the British territory about once every three weeks from Cape Town, but that timetable is about to change.
That’s because St. Helena, a place so remote that European powers permanently exiled Napoleon Bonaparte there in 1815, is finally getting an airport.
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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.
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World’s Most Dangerous Airport Becomes a Toehold for Aid after Nepal Earthquakes

May 27, 2015
Lukla’s Tenzing-Hillary Airport has been called the world’s most dangerous landing strip. It’s now also one of Nepal’s busiest.
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A Passport to Fly: New Engines for Business Jets Tap Latest Military Tech

May 26, 2015
From GPS to the Internet, many everyday technologies have military roots. The same is true for jet engines, especially those powering business jets.
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Jet Engines with 3D-Printed Parts Power Next-Gen Airbus Passenger Jet

May 19, 2015
A next-generation A320neo Airbus passenger jet powered by twin LEAP jet engines with 3D-printed parts and new advanced materials inside took to the skies for the first time on Tuesday.
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