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...
Aviation Eye-Candy: The Sights Behind the Signings
If you don’t stop and admire the scenery every once in a while, you might miss some of the most spectacular sights in aviation. Here are a few our favorite sights from this year’s Paris Air Show.
How the Record-Setting Paris Air Show Impacts Aviation Manufacturing in Asheville
Orders placed at Paris Air Show include commercial engines with parts to be made at GE Aviation’s two Asheville manufacturing facilities.
On The Shoulders Of Giants: Qatar Airways Agrees To Long-Term Order Of GE Jet Engines And Services
Qatar Airways and GE sign GEnx and GE9X engines and services agreements in $5 billion deal.
Back to the Future: Seeing the Paris Air Show Through Fresh Eyes
Avio Aero engineers Andrea Piazza and Stefano Mirone reminisce about their experience at the Paris Air Show, which they won through GE Aviation’s 100th anniversary celebration.
Military Appreciation: GE Aviation Sends 3,549 Care Packages to Troops on Independence Day
This year marked GE Aviation’s 12th Annual Troop Care Package Drive, with 21,644 pounds of donations pouring in from employees at GE Aviation and other GE businesses nationwide.
GE Aviation’s Quick Six with XLP Savannah Frazier
In our next installment of Quick Six, we sit down with Savannah Frazier, who is in the XLP program (Accelerated Leadership Program) in Supply Chain, located in Evendale, Ohio.
Cold War Child: How the GE J47 Became the World’s Most Produced Jet Engine
The J47 incorporated compressor and turbine sections for higher-pressure ratios, as well as lightweight components needed to produce 5,000 pounds of thrust. in 1948, J47 engines were installed in a North American F-86 Sabre, which set a world speed record of 670.9 miles per hour.
A LEAP Across the Pond: This New York-Paris Jet Route Is Plush And Fast
France’s La Compagnie is operating a business-class-only daily flight between Newark Liberty Airport and Orly, powered by ultra-efficient CFM LEAP engines, which provide double-digit gains in fuel efficiency and allow the plane fly further on a single tank on fuel while also lowering carbon emissions, oxides of nitrogen emissions and noise.
GE Aviation’s Quick Six with Sourcing Commercial Leader Jack Cohen
Six questions with Jack Cohen, who recently joined GE Aviation Sourcing in Evendale, Ohio.
Au revoir, Paris! Celebrating 100 years in style
La Compagnie’s new Airbus A321neo jet isn’t a large plane as passenger jets go — it fits 76 reclining seats in its...
How LEAP’s ‘Summer of Love’ made the 2019 Paris Air Show shine
At this week’s Paris Air Show, CFM International tallied a string of stunning sales contracts for its best-selling LEAP...