GE Aviation’s Quick Six With Product Manager Laurence Vigeant-Langlois
From working parents to military veterans, GE would not be the company it is today without its employees. We created “Quick...
Flying High with Maverick and Goose:
The Top 10 Aviation Movies of All Time
The AvGeeks at GE Aviation ranked their top ten favorite aviation movies of all time.
The Day Orville Wright Visited GE Aviation’s Historic Headquarters
The day Orville Wright visited Wright Aeronautical division in Lockland, now the headquarters of GE Aviation.
A Century of Innovation: Where Will the Next 100 Take Us?
The century-long partnership between GE Research and GE Aviation has successfully revolutionized aerospace technology.
When Pigs Fly: Behind the Breakthrough of Ceramic Matrix Composites
After conceiving and leading the development of ceramics matrix composites (CMCs) technology at GE Research through the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, GE Aviation made a bet few could have foreseen… to turn a half century dream of the ceramics industry into a commercial reality.
Sweet 15: GEnx Engine Celebrates its 15th Anniversary
The GEnx engine, the fastest selling widebody engine that GE Aviation has ever produced, marked its 15th year since its launch in April 2004. With outstanding performance and utilization, the GEnx engine family has accumulated 25 million flight hours and 4 million flight cycles.
Outside the Box: How GE Aviation Entered the Brave New World of Additive Manufacturing
GE Aviation’s aggressive entry into additive manufacturing really began in 2012 with the acquisition of a small, additive company called Morris Technologies, based north of Cincinnati, Ohio. This led to the first complex component made “additively” for a production jet engine, a breakthrough application for the new technology.
How One Family’s Aviation Heritage is Inspiring the Next 100 years at GE
Cristina Seda-Hoelle, General Manager, Military Services, and 2nd generation GE employee, takes us through her GE journey and how the GE Aviation Purpose statement inspires her past, helps shares her future and contributes to GE Aviation’s next 100 years.
On Your Mark, Get Set, 3D Print: Additive for GE Catalyst
Additive production for the Catalyst engine has started in Brindisi—the culmination of a global collaboration that is revolutionizing how the factory works.
EAA AirVenture: Population 640,000 and Growing
Five highlights from this year’s EAA Airventure fly-in — the people, announcements and planes.
GE Aviation’s Quick Six With Manufacturing Engineer Jordan Kovacs
From working parents to military veterans, GE would not be the company it is today without its employees. We created “Quick...
AirAsia and CFM: Behind the Record Deal
How the aviation industry’s record-breaking $23 billion deal came to be.
GE’s Catalyst Can Help Hybrid Planes Take Flight By Generating Up To 1 Megawatt
Catalyst is the first turboprop engine to make it to the aviation market in more than 50 years that’s been designed completely from scratch. GE unveiled the engine in 2015 and has committed about $400 million to its development.
GE Aviation’s Quick Six with Engineering-Technology Intern Kusha Ansari
In our next installment of Quick Six, we spoke with Kusha Ansari, a Technology/Engineering intern in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Baby on Board: This Fourth-Generation Pilot Is Carrying Special Cargo To The World’s Largest Air Show
In her 8th or 9th trip to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh — she’s been so many times she’s lost count — GE Aviation’s Ashley Ringer is flying special cargo with her in her Cessna 140.
AvGeek Delight: A Trip Through the History of Aviation
An AvGeek dream… a tour through Dayton’s aviation past.
GE Has Big Potential With Little Engines That Can
Even though GE Aviation introduced America’s first turboprop engines in the early 1940s, rival Pratt & Whitney (P&W)...
The Test Pilot: Neil Armstrong And GE’s Elliot See Were First Civilian Astronauts
Some 6,000 GE employees were involved in the Apollo program, including Tom Paine, who led NASA during the historic first moon landing.
Successful Training at the Customer Technical Education Center (CTEC) starts with Paul Bryan
3D, 2D simulations and Maintenance Minute videos are just a few of the ways GE Aviation successfully trains at the Customer Technical Education Center (CTEC).
GE9X Sets Guinness World Record As World’s Most Powerful Jet Engine
GE’s latest jet engine, the GE9X, keeps piling on the superlatives. Already the world’s largest commercial jet engine, it is...