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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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The Dreamliner Dazzles Paris

June 20, 2015
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World’s Most Advanced Passenger Jets Circle Over Paris

June 17, 2015
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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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Come Dust, Ice, Hail Stone and High-G Force: What it Takes for the LEAP Jet Engine to Prove its Mettle

June 14, 2015
The sand storms in the Gobi Desert in Central Asia are some of the most frightening events nature can cook up, sending giant tan clouds of fine dust as far as Beijing. While locals seal their homes and try to keep the dust away, Gareth Richards, program manager for the next-generation LEAP jet engines at CFM International, can’t get enough of it.
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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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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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