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GE9X: The world’s biggest fan of ice
Following the first full GE9X engine test in 2016, GE Aviation used the same engine at its Peebles Test Operation for preliminary icing tests through the bitter cold of this past winter. In total, the first GE9X engine accumulated 335 hours and 375 cycles of tests. The GE9X certification program begins in May 2017 with…
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Like a giant skateboard ramp: Helsinki-Vantaa’s new aircraft engine test run place
Aircraft engines are tested on a regular basis. The noise caused by the testing of engines can be controlled at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport now better since the test run of the new site is ready.
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Boeing 767-400 thrust reverser test
Operational test of the right engine thrust reverser after component replacement and adjustment.
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First Airbus A350-1000: Engine installation
Airbus’ first A350-1000 receives its two Trent XWB-97 turbofan jet engines in this video clip, in preparation for a milestone first flight in November 2016.
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Announcing GE’s new turboprop headquarters in the Czech Republic
On October 20, 2016, General Electric and Czech Republic government officials signed an investment agreement to build GE’s new turboprop headquarters in the Czech Republic. The investment doubles GE Aviation’s in-country employment via 500 new jobs, 100 of which have been added since the start of 2016 to support development of GE’s all-new Advanced Turboprop…
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GE Aviation: How to Build a First Engine to Test
GE Aviation is well known for being a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines and components, but where do we get our start? How is the very first engine in a product line assembled? “Building an engine for the first time like the GE9X FETT (first engine to test) requires teamwork across the business,”…
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Rolls-Royce | How Engines Work
Rolls-Royce is one of the world’s leading engineering companies. Designing and developing high technology power solutions based on very efficient engines.
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GE9X: First Engine to Test in Peebles, Ohio
More than seven months ahead of a typical program schedule, GE fired the first GE9X engine on its testing grounds in Peebles, Ohio to ensure ample time to validate and mature its design before entry into service on the new Boeing 777X aircraft. See why the GE9X will deliver from day one at geaviation.com/GE9X. Learn how…
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Rolls-Royce | Deniz Öztürk (Head of Operations for Testing)
What types of tests do our aero engines undergo in Germany? Rolls-Royce’s Head of Operations for Testing, Deniz Öztürk, explains this and more from Berlin Air Show 2016.
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A320neo powered by CFM engines: Flight test campaign
In a milestone marked 31 May 2016, the Airbus A320neo received Type Certification for its second engine option – CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine – from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). These approvals were received on-time after undergoing numerous safety and performance tests during an extensive certification campaign.
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A Passport to Fly
GE’s Passport turbofan for Bombardier’s Global 7000 business jet achieved FAA certification on April 29, 2016. Watch Passport’s arduous journey ahead of its first installation on Bombardier’s flight test vehicle.
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GE’s little engines performing big in 2016
Whether it’s business and general aviation turbofans (Passport FAA certified; HF120 service entry) or turboprops (first H Series electronic engine propeller control flight tests; first Advanced Turboprop component tests), it’s been a monumentally large year for GE Aviation’s smallest engines.