The HondaJet Just Got New Engines. Is the Flying Car Next?
The engine is now in full production at GE Aviation’s plant in Lynn, Mass, according to Terry Sharp, the joint-venture’s president. Sharp said that “significant planning activity” was underway to move manufacturing to a new Honda Aero factory in Burlington, N.C., before the end of the year.
Computers Flying Economy: New 747 Test Jet is a Flying Data Machine With 900 Miles of Cable
Some private jets come equipped with master bedrooms, Lalique crystal fittings and gold-plated seat belt buckles. GE’s new Boeing 747, on the other hand, carries almost 900 miles of wiring and fiber optic cable.
The Most Important 10 Pages in the History of Aviation Are Missing
GE Returned $18 Billion to Shareholders Last Year. These Engines Are Driving the Numbers.
In 2012, Chicago-based United Airlines became the first American commercial carrier to fly a Boeing 787 Dreamliner powered by GE’s next-generation GEnx engines. The airline may soon operate the world’s largest Dreamliner fleet powered by the engines.
GE engineers spent a decade developing the GEnx. They designed unique carbon fiber composite blades that spin inside the engine’s giant 111-inch fan and shed hundreds of pounds from other parts.
Why do some flights arrive early while others touch down hours late?
One afternoon a year ago, Sergey Kozub, a software developer in the Russian city of Kursk, was scrolling through messages on the popular programming forum topcoder when he hit on a link to Kaggle. Kaggle, the world’s largest open community of data scientists, had just partnered with GE and Alaska Airlines and challenged the public to come up with software that would reduce flight delays and make airlines more efficient and profitable.
What's Powering the World's Best-selling Plane?
Boeing’s 737 passenger jet became the world’s best-selling aircraft last Wednesday, when the plane builder delivered the 8,000th jet to United Airlines.
United was the first airline to order and take delivery of the second generation of the plane, the 737-200, in 1968. It has since received more than 550 737 aircraft.
No Extra Time: "Highways in the Sky" are Helping Brazilian Airlines Navigate Crowded Skies in Busy Times
In just two months some 600,000 fans from 31 countries and 3 million local tourists will turn Brazil’s airports into buzzing beehives.
The Next Generation: Which Jet Engines Lift GE’s Mojo?
In December 2011, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner powered by two GEnx jet engines set a pair of world records for the fastest eastbound trip around the world and longest flight for an aircraft in its class.
Flying Blue: Air France-KLM Place $1.7 Billion GE Jet Engine Order for New Dreamliner Fleet
The GEnx jet engine is so powerful that five of them together can produce the same thrust at sea level as one Space Shuttle rocket engine.
It takes just two to lift a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and Air France-KLM will use these engines on a fleet of 37 new Dreamliner jets. The airline will own 25 of the planes and lease the rest. The value of the engine order tops $1.7 billion.