I overhauled and refurbished components for the GE90 at Standard Aero in Cincinnati. I worked on fan blade platforms, oil seals, spinner cones, combustor components, ect... I loved that job and i love the GE90 engine. Just a marvel of engineering. Can't wait to see what's in store for the GE9X.
It’s really a miracle in itself to think you can take a bunch of parts ,stick them together , and push tons of metal into the air . I love when your sitting on the runway and the pilots push those engines full power and it pushes you back into the seat.
"Their" dream? That dream has been around since people first saw birds but if you want to mention aeronautical inventors, Leonardo da Vinci should come first.
@@vondahe Many inventors put their dreams on paper which was only in theory, but the Wright brothers took their dreams, and put it to practical test and fly like birds.
Yeah, heaven forbid they tell you about one of their innovations... GE is a company like any other. As such, they rely on advertising to promote the products they manufacture. Any company is going to tell people about their product(s), what they're used for or even how they're made. It's simply the nature of free enterprise and ALL corporations do this. GE is a leader in this field and this is why they're so popular today :)
What a fantastic piece of engineering The GE90, i can happily say that saw it first hand operating while working for United Airlines back in early 2000's, i was astonished once i saw a feet away the 777 engine compared to the 767 ones and others , they are no match to the GE90, just looking and hearing them while pushing for take off it's an amazing experience . They easily lift off the 777 and their payload with no effort . Truly amazing equipment !
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NIce to see such innovation. I worked at GE in Cincinnati (Evendale) at the jet engine facility in the early 80's. Our team developed the CF6-80C engines that were originally used on the Boeing 767. Unfortunately, after that program ended and it was turned over to production, we all go laid off. SO I went into computers and networking and haven't looked back. But it's nice to see GE is still in the forefront of engine design. I also met Brian Rowe a couple of times as well. Nice guy....just reminiscing, I guess..
If GE is so good, how come my GE toaster just sits there? Oh sure, it's does toast ok. But I want a FLYING toaster!!! GE, get on that right away. It's important. Thanks.
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The first aero engine to have composite blades was the Rolls-Royce RB108, designed in the early 1950s. These blades were of GRP. Much later, in the early 1970s, Rolls-Royce used composites in a turbofan engine. Fan blades for the RB211-22B were of ‘Hyfil’, a carbon fibre reinforced epoxy. The blades were of a new wide-chord design pioneered by the company to reduce the number of blades necessary, and hence cut noise. So GE are not the originators of composite blades. .
+soaringtractor Makes no difference.. Composite RR blades were in use, working and running well before the RB 211 came along when the company underestimated the engine’s development costs, which led the company to bankruptcy in February 1971. As a consequence, Rolls-Royce was nationalized, and the British government met the company’s financial obligations As for Lockheed all but going bust, Lockheed was on the verge of bankruptcy because of delays with the L-1011 other than the RB211, cost overruns on its C-5 program, and reduced military contracts in the waning years of the Vietnam War. Lockheed were saved only through coordinated efforts of the U.S. government and other consolidated lenders, and committed customers. Lockheed were in the mire without the L1011. Anyway...Composite blades are not US invented..
soaringtractor lockheed was in the shit with the Tri star with or without the RB211. "That is why a smart plane builder will use two or three engine choices to prevent that !!! DUUUHHHH!!!".............But lockheed didn't according to you....it relied on RR. DDDUUUUHHHH!!!!!!!!
soaringtractor RR had a delayed delivery for an aircraft that was already flopping and to a company(Lockheed) that was in the shit anyway.. The only reason the British government helped RR was the condition that the US government bailed out Lockheed.....So don't try and score on that old chestnut. And anyway...when lockheed got the engines...the plane turned out to be a duffer when no-one would buy it.
Im a brit born and bred, rolls engines are great and i got my information from aviation events that recently happened involving faults with RR engines. Both ge and rr are good makers
If you were REALLY up to full knowledge on faults for each engine you will find the number of GE in flight shut-downs and off wing maintenance hours FAR EXCEED RR. So your obscure reasoning makes you a gobshite. Go tell Tim Clark from Emirates just what you think after he has perhaps the most accurate compelling data of ANY AIRLINE with his fleet of GE powered A380's and 777-300's. Why on earth would he switch to powering his next batch of A380's with RR? Just for the fun of it do you reckon?? You lil' gobshite!
Dont you talk to me like that. Its called a matter of opinion, i never said rolls are not good engine's, of course they're good, but you cant deny the GE90 is the most impressive engines ever built. Yeah ek switched to rolls royce for the A380's from late 2016. Both makers are great.
Great great great love it.. There is always a fun to fly in GE engines. Speacially if u flying with 777 fleet.. It's just like u switch a car Ford to BMW.
I worked on Gas Turbines a LONG TIME AGO, USS Constellation CV64 AIMD IM-2 Jet Shop (77-81) and all types. Rolls Royce, P&W and the GEs. TF34 was the GREATEST, super easy to work on, NEVER FAILED, reliable and the layout was PERFECT. GE makes perfect engines. TF34 in the Navy was the S3 and I had an USAF buddy inform me that the A10 also used the TF34. AWESOME ENGINE, WAY TO GO GE. 127K+ THRUST - WOW!!!!!
The takeoff power of A380 is 300,000 pounds of thrust because of 4 RR trent 800 or EA each of this engine has a power of 75,000 to 80,000 pounds of thrust if 4 GE90-115Bs in A380 it is so powerful with a power of 460,000Pounds of thrust each GE90-115Bs has 115,000Pounds of Thrust also the A380 will not fly in longest range
I used to work for Goodrich. They were bought by United Technologies. I helped make the carbon fiber engine nacelles for 787s. For both GE and Rolls Royce engines. Good times.
Best engine manufacturer hands down, been a fan since I was a kid and entered aerospace engineering 4 years ago because of you guys. Keep making stuff at home, don't let others get those trade secrets.
You're joking right? These engines are a product of British design and engineering knowledge from Rowe. You can't let others have trade secrets that were not American in the beginning. Rolls Royce are just as successful if not more successful. So much demand for RR engines that they built a factory in the US. The 787 had RR as the launch engine, and so will the A350.
There's always some clown like *adam willis* assigning credit for jet engine technology to someone else. It's quite sad how idiots like this simply can't handle the idea of an American company bettering a design or product rather than someone else, so "adam" fabricates some bullshit story of how the Americans stole this idea and took it for themselves. I swear, some people will say anything rather than give credit to the Americans for a specific design THEY developed. In the world according to adam the British also probably lay claim to **AIR** because they were the first to breath it. Pathetic.
Mike Hawk Adam Willis actually quoted some FACTS there so just get your head around it. The large 3 stage turbofan design proposed by RR that became the RB211 existed on paper long before GE had any such idea. GE tried to simpify it with their 2 stage design. You YANKS have a hard time accepting other being better dont you??
It seems like the front fan in a fanjet is essentially a propeller. It spins and pushes air backwards for thrust, like a propeller. It's like a turboprop.
I am one stock holder who is praying that this is the greatest advancement ever and that GE sells a gazillion of these engines. Who knows we might see a $30 stock again.
Hi Charlie Austin, correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t the industry changed directions in favor of a mid to long range - efficient jet? For example Boeing’s 737 series is perhaps the best selling plane we have seen so far. It has performed excellently; that is of-course, until the recent accidents involving the 737 Max, which has cause major airlines to cancel orders and has caused the groundings of the entire global fleet. There has also been a decline in operations of the 747 series by airlines. The “Queen if the Skies” utilizes jet which utilizes the GE9X engine. I’m hoping all turnouts well for Boeing. However, I am interested in seeing how Boeing manages to recover from the recent accidents with the 373 Max and am particularly interested to see how this could mean for Airbus and their new A330neo, but I am also cheering for the success of the 777X.
My Dad was a B17,24,25 mechanic over in England during WW2 with the 8th Air Force. He was only 16 yrs old in 1941 and had to lie his age to be able to join the Air Force back then. In fact he has 2 Grave Markers at our local cemetery. One from the American Legion showing him born in 1924 and his real Plaque with 1925. Americans back then didn't run away to Canada or where ever , to serve their Country. Many young Boys/Men lied about their age because they wanted to fight for their Country.My Dad loved the B17 and told me many stories growing up about how great of an Aircraft the Bomber was.
Did anyone else notice the Rolls Royce Trent 892 engines on the Emirates 777? no? oh well must be me then! or the RR engines on the A300 as well... Hmmmm sack the guy who put this video together......
I can only support Aircraft with Prat and Whitney Engines. I will not support anything with GE engines. GE left CT and this citizen of CT will have nothing to do with GE any more. Prat and Whitney is still here...
It's quite interesting that the fact that this engine was based on research and development done by NASA with millions of dollars of taxpayers money is not even mentioned and it is portrayed as something that a private entity would and could do by itself. Well they couldn't and they didn't.
@@romanmichaelhamilton8729 -- You don't think that Indian and Chinese execs live like kings, too? I don't mind people making lots of money if they add value for consumers, stockholders, and workers.
Some research is simply too risky for a CEO to justify the cost. There are many technologies that exist only because the heavy lifting was done at universities and with public funds. Our competitors in the world have full scientific support from their governments just like we used to. This why we keep getting new phones every year but truly new technology has slowed down.
I wouldn't say no one had thought of a fan that big before. Extensive testing was done on the exposed fan blade high bypass engines in the 1980's that no one ever put into service.
‘We were the first to develop carbon fibre fan blades’ - Wrong! Rolls-Royce were developing them for their new RB211 engine in the 60’s. The original development was by the RAE, Farnborough. They found that they were not good enough in bird strike situations so therefore went with a blade with a honeycomb structure covered in titanium. This produced wearability and strength.
terry wilder No! The RAE, Farnborough had developed them but when Rolls-Royce tried them they were perfectly acceptable as a fan blade but couldn’t withstand a bird strike. Thus they ditched the technology and went to the honeycomb titanium blade.
The GE90 was designed in the late 80's early 90's and had the first composite fan blades ever on a commercial engine. It's 2016 and GE is on it's 4th generation composite blades while no other engine manufacturer has any composite blades on their engines. The weight savings is tremendous and makes the GE90 the most efficient large jet engines on the planet. The GE9X will make the GE90 look like a mid 50's gas guzzling turbo jet engine. The GE9X will have composites in each area of the engine like the huge cowling will be all composite along with that beautiful extremely large fan blade. Around 43% will be composites along with new metals that GE is not giving any info on that is much lighter than Titanium with better heat resistance at higher temps while having more rigidity, it's also easier to work with.
The RR was made available on the 777-300, just not the ER model. Larger wingspan and extra fuel capacity required the extra thrust of the GE90. RR also available on the 777-200's as well if I'm correct.
vst9688 Yeah, Emirates used the Trent engines for their -200 and -300 planes. GE90s are available for those planes, but Emirates went with the Trents instead. As you said, though, only the GE90s are available for the -200LR, -300ER, and Freighter versions. Also, only GE9Xs will be available for the new generation of B777 aircraft.
vbscript2 Actually ... I was just reading a couple of days ago that RR is developing an engine also specially designed for the 777X series ... supposedly Boeing will offer it as an option. it's rated at 99,500 lbs. of thrust. It's the RB3025 ... here's the link. Enjoy !! www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/rolls-royce-pushes-new-engine-concept-for-777x-369294/
Cool stuff, but in a weird way, I really do miss the screaming sound of the turbine engines of the 1960s, and also the smell of spent kerosine that used to permeate commercial jet aircraft interiors.
4 0of those might be too powerful for a passenger Jumbo, but all that thrust might give the Freight Jumbo a shot at going toe to toe with the big Ukrainian heavy haulers (Antonov 124 and 225)
A.M.P. Gaming it has four engines that's really not efficient. The a340 was built to combat the 747 but it's worthless now. The 777 beats that crappy airbus plane anyway
The A340 was discontinued in 2011 with only 377 built. The Boeing 777 is still very much in production with 1,417 copies. Guess which one the airline industry prefers?
The CF6 series, a mixed blessing for GE. On the one hand a great selling engine. On the other, probably the engine with most safety issues. Google GE45/50 and some 80 series models to see all the NTSB directives. Overall, RR are safer models.
The CF6 didn't bankrupt GE as the RB211 did Rolls. The Cf6 80 makes comparable thrust to the Trent800 series and does so with a lighter engine. The Cf6 still outperforms Rolls engines with an aged platform. Fancy that. Additionally, look up ADs for GE90 vs Trent 800/900
Matthew Trujillo I could get involved in a long, drawn out conversation on the merits of CF6 v RR Trent, but I think the comments section from this ATW article have saved me the time atwonline.com/engines/turkish-airlines-orders-more-ge-cf6-engines-airbus-a330-fleet. Worth a read if only to educate you with facts.
Using music was an unnecessary distraction here, and the narration too monolithic and inauthentic sounding. "Sensing the strong winds of change...",... Really? How poetic.
Being a true blue blooded American i do belive the ge90 is probably the best commerical jet engine out there RR engines are some of the best engines out there i hope im wrong on that i always want to think we have the best of everything but in my heart i dont belive that we do
Today's turbine jet engines were obsolete back in the early 2000's by an engine design that can easily produce greater than 10:1 power to weight ratios, and is several magnitudes less expensive to manufacture.
If GE *really* wants to get innovative with their engine design, they should focus more of their future development on engines that run on alternative fuels (like Hydrogen or Methane) or even no fuel at all (relying on Microwave Beamed Power from the ground and orbital relays). These technologies may not be feasible today, but the development cycle of an engine can be 15-20 years or longer, and by that time SpaceX should by flying reusable Falcon Heavy rockets for much cheaper access to space... (a constellation of Microwave relays in orbit could allow a handful of ground stations to power airplanes flying anywhere on the globe...) and Natural Gas infrastructure should be much better developed than it is today. Aerospace companies need to start planning around Peak Oil and the eventual depletion (in 30-40 years at the latest) of most sizable and affordable petroleum reserves combined with even higher demands for Oil for transportation and industrial uses as countries in Asia and Africa economically develop...
What i find very ironic, is that for years I've heard Americans dismiss Rolls Royce saying that American GE design and engineering is far better, yet at the helm was a British Man, so both RR and GE are products of British design and engineering pioneers. Whereas as the American PW. are still loud fuel guzzling smoke machines.
LOL - So, having a Brit working there makes it 'British design and engineering,' even though the vast majority of the engineers working there are Americans? Also, some of RR's design is done here, too. They tried to recruit some of my aerospace engineering friends. Also, according to RR's own website, "More Rolls-Royce products are built in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world."
GE is a long way ahead of Roll Royce when it comes to Combustor tech. RR combustors are far inferior in efficiency to GE's by a large margin. RR has their 3rd shaft, P&W has the geared fan but GE has the combustion tech. Efficient use of fuel starts at the combustor and also drives emissions more directly that the other approaches. Also the majority of RR engineering is now done in the USA.
SuperBuzz71 no GE is not far ahead than RR. Where on earth did you see or hear that?? The only reason why a lot of RR were built in the US was because of the high demand over GE. That has since ended and shut down. GE only came up to scratch with RR because they got British engineers in to bring them up to RR standard.
Where on earth did I see that? Testing development RR and GE combustors. My statement is based on first hand knowledge. Yours seem to subjective to proving some stupid point that British engineers are born smarter than American engineers. As far as market share, GE and CFM combined are almost twice what RR and IAE are combined so I'm not sure about your demand for product comment. Be proud to be a Brit but don't be an idiot about it
Awesome innovation from GE obviously, but I sure do miss flying on those old TWA and OLYMPIC Boeing 707's nonstop NY (JFK) to Athens, Greece, with those screaming Pratt & Whitney jet engines! What a lucky teen I was to have been able to experience that time, and the ushering in of the jet age back in the 60's!
Well that's great! So why, after working my whole life at technology and management, can't I afford to fly where I want? This DID NOT represent ANY chance for me to go anywhere but instead only increased the profit of the same people who both finance flying for their employees and sell the stinking engines to start with.
well it would decrease the air flow so the engine would need to work extra hard, and besides this one doesnt require any, i saw the test videos the chicken turns to paste and goes out safely
ryan smith Obviously another Yank who doesn't know shit. Rolls Royce were building engines before GE existed. And in case you yanks dont get the media feeds....Emirates have just selected Rolls Royce to REPLACE their existing supplier GE on the A380. So the BIG $ guys who put their money where their mouth is are quite confident in RR whereas you're just an annoying yank sprouting DRIVEL. You silly BOY
That is sad! i use to love the craftsmanship of a bespoke Roll Royce. My father would take me to the Roll Royce dealership here in the US, when I was a kid. Never saw them in the town I lived in, but when I saw them rolling down the streets of California, I knew it was something special.
I bet you could fly a 747 with two of the GE90 115's at full load. Wonder how many miles of wire and tons of weight that would save. This engine is stupid awesome and shows what GE can do. Props to the engineers who designed this beast and all the management who saw it through. If I had known and not been poor growing up I would have tried to become an engineer to work with a company like GE. Since I can't work for GE I just will keep buying their stock until I own enough to get a stockholder tour of one of their plants or something. The only thing about this engine that worries me is the amount of thrust it produces ripping up airport runways. I bet that was a concern when they built it. Put four of these suckers on 747 and you could probably take off at idle thrust.
What is needed now is a set of fan disks that does not develop cracks that cause uncontained fan disk failures that has killed 1 person in the US and probably more in other countries. Yes, now every engine maker has blood on their hands; flying with turbofan jet engines with known defects. Decades before, an A& P could downcheck an engine and cause it to be rebuilt. Nowadays; " Oh that crack isn't big enough to replace the fan disk assembly "...Oh, well, that is the risk you take when flying. I was trained to fly; My father was a Connie worker who never sets foot into a jet. Both of us knows that there is always a risk to flying. Accepting an uncontained fan disk rupture means that people accept that risk.
The rising petroleum prices I saw started less than six months after we attacked Iraq, in 2003. The 1990s brought the lowest fuel prices at the pump in my life, frequently dipping a few cents below $1.00 a gallon. The stage for petroleum prices to rise was set when the US was attacked on 9/11.
Way to go. I suggest you increase the background music volume even more, add more percussion, and try to find even more unrelated music topics. This will fulfill your dream of getting rid even of that last pesky subscriber. They are such a pain.
To Eric Ng....the only reason there are more GE engines in use on 777s is because there is no option to buy RR or P&W on a 777ER/LR. Boeing struck an exclusivity deal with GE years ago to exclude competition. Airlines won't have a choice with the 777X either. To be fair, the A350 only has RR as the engine provider. And now GE are knocking on Airbus's door for business for Airbus's latest model.
I overhauled and refurbished components for the GE90 at Standard Aero in Cincinnati. I worked on fan blade platforms, oil seals, spinner cones, combustor components, ect... I loved that job and i love the GE90 engine. Just a marvel of engineering. Can't wait to see what's in store for the GE9X.
It’s really a miracle in itself to think you can take a bunch of parts ,stick them together , and push tons of metal into the air . I love when your sitting on the runway and the pilots push those engines full power and it pushes you back into the seat.
The Wright bros would have been amazed, how far their dream of flying has taken flight today.
You know they didn’t really care much about airplanes, they just wanted to be first
I'm sure their jaw would drop looking at this technology.
"Their" dream? That dream has been around since people first saw birds but if you want to mention aeronautical inventors, Leonardo da Vinci should come first.
@@vondahe Many inventors put their dreams on paper which was only in theory,
but the Wright brothers took their dreams, and put it to practical test and fly like birds.
AND I AM KNOTT CRAZY QUACK LEGION
I love how I am watching this video. In 2019 after I was apart of the team that built the first 777x and got to help install the g9x engines.
I miss testing jet engines “( One of the coolest job I’ve ever had 🚀
I'd congratulate GE on their brilliant innovation, but looks like they've done that themselves already.
Yeah, heaven forbid they tell you about one of their innovations...
GE is a company like any other. As such, they rely on advertising to promote the products they manufacture. Any company is going to tell people about their product(s), what they're used for or even how they're made. It's simply the nature of free enterprise and ALL corporations do this. GE is a leader in this field and this is why they're so popular today :)
Actually do you know where ideas such as Ge's come from?th-cam.com/video/nYTPG9lJiEY/w-d-xo.html
not at all close... Trent is a triple spool
What about large birds getting sucked into them? Won't carbon fiber split?
@@jorgecallico9177 I'm pretty sure the leading edge is re-enforced aluminum or titanium or something much stronger to hand that type of stuff.
I have always been fascinated with jet engines........ amazing technology!
I love the thumbnail looks like he's flipping off the competition.
Next year they're planning flights from London to Sydney, about 22 hours.
What a fantastic piece of engineering The GE90, i can happily say that saw it first hand operating while working for United Airlines back in early 2000's, i was astonished once i saw a feet away the 777 engine compared to the 767 ones and others , they are no match to the GE90, just looking and hearing them while pushing for take off it's an amazing experience . They easily lift off the 777 and their payload with no effort . Truly amazing equipment !
I congratulate General Electric avaiation for their revolutionary engine
5:16 "...heat resistancy [sic]..." ? The first instancy of that form I've seen. I wonder if it has the ability to go the distancy.
lol true
doubtfulstancy
Mega LOL
Engineering companies invent words simply because engineers take a lot of math but not much English.
Reminds me of when the Brits say some world leader is getting 'pressurized' by some other one. No, I don't think that's the word you wanted.
Oh man, iMovie stock music!
Jon fritsch indeed, very professional
Jon fritsch i
What's the name of that song?? I cannot find it
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GE - you did a blooper: you showed a Malaysia Airlines 777 that's powered by Rolls-Royce!
+tiadaid Unless they're implying the Rolls-Royce engines are the reason that plane crashed and if the went GE they would have been fine?
it was a GE90 engine
Thanks again
GE BRINGS GOOD THINGS TO LIFE.
NIce to see such innovation. I worked at GE in Cincinnati (Evendale) at the jet engine facility in the early 80's. Our team developed the CF6-80C engines that were originally used on the Boeing 767. Unfortunately, after that program ended and it was turned over to production, we all go laid off. SO I went into computers and networking and haven't looked back. But it's nice to see GE is still in the forefront of engine design. I also met Brian Rowe a couple of times as well. Nice guy....just reminiscing, I guess..
If GE is so good, how come my GE toaster just sits there? Oh sure, it's does toast ok. But I want a FLYING toaster!!!
GE, get on that right away. It's important. Thanks.
Very funny.
Yeah and my GE Table fan doesn't generate 1000000 lbf of thrust either. But I like leaving it ON in speed 3 and pretending I am in a B777-300ER.
***** Yah.. Yah.. Yah.. Danke Schoen...Zuday, We ah in Luft-Hansa flite to BangKok from Hamburg.... We are in ze finale approasch and performing Ze lunding shakelieste.....
Ghiya Ddhauunn,,,,,, Ahwll Ghreen........... Fllapsch Foool..... Shpiede Breakshe..... HARMED............. Wunderbaar.... LLunding Shakelieste is Kompleiten..
Minimums..... KONTINUEEEW......
100 above.........150........ 100.... 50... (GE Fan Speed 2)......35..20... (GE Fan Speed 1)......10...5... Reverse On (GE Fan Speed 3 and stand in front of it)...... Close Reverse (GE Fan Speed 1).
Jet powered toaster? Yes please!
yeah... what about my GE dishwasher?!? It weighs less than a GE90 but it still can't fly...
1 of those engines is a LOT more powerful than all 8 on a b-52 combined!
The first aero engine to have composite blades was the Rolls-Royce RB108, designed in the early 1950s. These blades were of GRP. Much later, in the early 1970s, Rolls-Royce used composites in a turbofan engine. Fan blades for the RB211-22B were of ‘Hyfil’, a carbon fibre reinforced epoxy. The blades were of a new wide-chord design pioneered by the company to reduce the number of blades necessary, and hence cut noise. So GE are not the originators of composite blades.
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+soaringtractor Makes no difference.. Composite RR blades were in use, working and running well before the RB 211 came along when the company underestimated the engine’s development costs, which led the company to bankruptcy in February 1971. As a consequence, Rolls-Royce was nationalized, and the British government met the company’s financial obligations
As for Lockheed all but going bust, Lockheed was on the verge of bankruptcy because of delays with the L-1011 other than the RB211, cost overruns on its C-5 program, and reduced military contracts in the waning years of the Vietnam War. Lockheed were saved only through coordinated efforts of the U.S. government and other consolidated lenders, and committed customers. Lockheed were in the mire without the L1011.
Anyway...Composite blades are not US invented..
+crabfat In widespread service? no GE did that first is what he said
soaringtractor lockheed was in the shit with the Tri star with or without the RB211.
"That is why a smart plane builder will use two or three engine choices to prevent that !!! DUUUHHHH!!!".............But lockheed didn't according to you....it relied on RR.
DDDUUUUHHHH!!!!!!!!
soaringtractor RR had a delayed delivery for an aircraft that was already flopping and to a company(Lockheed) that was in the shit anyway..
The only reason the British government helped RR was the condition that the US government bailed out Lockheed.....So don't try and score on that old chestnut.
And anyway...when lockheed got the engines...the plane turned out to be a duffer when no-one would buy it.
soaringtractor I'm talking about after the plane had the engines and was in production.....so don't try that one.
Tend to prefer GE over RR, our British engines haven't been the best for a while, a few issues with certain RR engines
guitarplayerforu Where exactly do you get your info from? And brits can spot people MASQUERADING as brits many miles off
Im a brit born and bred, rolls engines are great and i got my information from aviation events that recently happened involving faults with RR engines. Both ge and rr are good makers
If you were REALLY up to full knowledge on faults for each engine you will find the number of GE in flight shut-downs and off wing maintenance hours FAR EXCEED RR. So your obscure reasoning makes you a gobshite. Go tell Tim Clark from Emirates just what you think after he has perhaps the most accurate compelling data of ANY AIRLINE with his fleet of GE powered A380's and 777-300's. Why on earth would he switch to powering his next batch of A380's with RR? Just for the fun of it do you reckon?? You lil' gobshite!
Dont you talk to me like that. Its called a matter of opinion, i never said rolls are not good engine's, of course they're good, but you cant deny the GE90 is the most impressive engines ever built. Yeah ek switched to rolls royce for the A380's from late 2016. Both makers are great.
It's not called opinion if the reasons behind it are not educated. It's called GOBSHITE.
A David will bring the Goliath down! Goliaths always get defeated!
The GE90 start-up roar is like music to my ears!
6:28 777 w/ RR Trent. Ironic.
As someone who actually knows a lot about Boeing, I think the video is awesome. Thank You.
That 747 with 3 normal engines and a ge90 is just hilarious
That is only for a test
im pretty sure he knows that
Kahlil Hernández fine
Andrei Bondoc
haved you watched their video about putting their smallest engine into a 747
Lel no
Excellent video!! Fast pace, enough technical details and pictures to keep it interesting. KDM
Great great great love it.. There is always a fun to fly in GE engines. Speacially if u flying with 777 fleet..
It's just like u switch a car Ford to BMW.
Don't you think the 777 is actually very noisy within the cabin?
I worked on Gas Turbines a LONG TIME AGO, USS Constellation CV64 AIMD IM-2 Jet Shop (77-81) and all types. Rolls Royce, P&W and the GEs. TF34 was the GREATEST, super easy to work on, NEVER FAILED, reliable and the layout was PERFECT. GE makes perfect engines. TF34 in the Navy was the S3 and I had an USAF buddy inform me that the A10 also used the TF34. AWESOME ENGINE, WAY TO GO GE. 127K+ THRUST - WOW!!!!!
I would love to see an A380 or a 747-8i rocking four GE 90-115Bs
1whiteiphone load up KSP, you can build one!
Whenever a 777 taxis past a A380 the pilot says
“Nice little engines u have there Airbus”
The takeoff power of A380 is 300,000 pounds of thrust because of 4 RR trent 800 or EA each of this engine has a power of 75,000 to 80,000 pounds of thrust if 4 GE90-115Bs in A380 it is so powerful with a power of 460,000Pounds of thrust each GE90-115Bs has 115,000Pounds of Thrust also the A380 will not fly in longest range
The wings on the 747 cannot support all the of the thrust pounds but that would go faster than sanic
I worked on the fan discs (main hub) for the GE90 engines back in the 90's !!
This is one of those videos that you watch and cant stop grinning from beginning to end ;-)
my dad works on GE planes. so I'm super proud of GE's innovation in planes.
I'll Never buy a GE consumer product. The last 10 I bought where useless after short use.
Dave George.
Coz now they are made in scum land
I used to work for Goodrich. They were bought by United Technologies. I helped make the carbon fiber engine nacelles for 787s. For both GE and Rolls Royce engines. Good times.
Best engine manufacturer hands down, been a fan since I was a kid and entered aerospace engineering 4 years ago because of you guys. Keep making stuff at home, don't let others get those trade secrets.
You're joking right? These engines are a product of British design and engineering knowledge from Rowe. You can't let others have trade secrets that were not American in the beginning. Rolls Royce are just as successful if not more successful. So much demand for RR engines that they built a factory in the US. The 787 had RR as the launch engine, and so will the A350.
adam willis
which factory is that?
There's always some clown like *adam willis* assigning credit for jet engine technology to someone else. It's quite sad how idiots like this simply can't handle the idea of an American company bettering a design or product rather than someone else, so "adam" fabricates some bullshit story of how the Americans stole this idea and took it for themselves. I swear, some people will say anything rather than give credit to the Americans for a specific design THEY developed. In the world according to adam the British also probably lay claim to **AIR** because they were the first to breath it. Pathetic.
Well, RR did build jet engines for airliners long before GE. And it was the Brits that invented the jet engine. So he has a point.
Mike Hawk Adam Willis actually quoted some FACTS there so just get your head around it. The large 3 stage turbofan design proposed by RR that became the RB211 existed on paper long before GE had any such idea. GE tried to simpify it with their 2 stage design. You YANKS have a hard time accepting other being better dont you??
G90- 115B El goliat de los motores a reaccion , felicitaciones GE .👍👍👍
Nice, but GE is one of the most profitable company in the world, yet they manage to pay 0 taxes in the USA where they are based.
Good for them...everybody attempts to "optimize" their tax return; they succeed.
Oliver let me tell you a secret there is no law that says you have to pay income tax, its all a scam and Fed Reserve is the biggest.
oof
Republican Trump has grown the economy by about $7T in one year. LoL.
emanresu808 idiot democRAT!!!
It seems like the front fan in a fanjet is essentially a propeller. It spins and pushes air backwards for thrust, like a propeller. It's like a turboprop.
theres a reason its called turbofan
I am one stock holder who is praying that this is the greatest advancement ever and that GE sells a gazillion of these engines. Who knows we might see a $30 stock again.
Hi Charlie Austin, correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t the industry changed directions in favor of a mid to long range - efficient jet? For example Boeing’s 737 series is perhaps the best selling plane we have seen so far. It has performed excellently; that is of-course, until the recent accidents involving the 737 Max, which has cause major airlines to cancel orders and has caused the groundings of the entire global fleet.
There has also been a decline in operations of the 747 series by airlines. The “Queen if the Skies” utilizes jet which utilizes the GE9X engine.
I’m hoping all turnouts well for Boeing. However, I am interested in seeing how Boeing manages to recover from the recent accidents with the 373 Max and am particularly interested to see how this could mean for Airbus and their new A330neo, but I am also cheering for the success of the 777X.
Pray harder, the ge stock is near worthless.
@@Tconcept BUY.
Thanks for this informative video on the GE9X Engine,and future engines.
"Carbon fiber super alloy" Really
Either is a Carbon Fiber composite or it s a super alloy, not both
John Ritchie The alloy is carbon fiber skinned with another alloy over the leading edge of the fan blades.
@@chloehennessey6813 Sure. But the description given implies that the materials are blended. They are bonded, but not blended.
It's like saying Oil flavored lemonade.
My Dad was a B17,24,25 mechanic over in England during WW2 with the 8th Air Force. He was only 16 yrs old in 1941 and had to lie his age to be able to join the Air Force back then. In fact he has 2 Grave Markers at our local cemetery. One from the American Legion showing him born in 1924 and his real Plaque with 1925. Americans back then didn't run away to Canada or where ever , to serve their Country. Many young Boys/Men lied about their age because they wanted to fight for their Country.My Dad loved the B17 and told me many stories growing up about how great of an Aircraft the Bomber was.
Did anyone else notice the Rolls Royce Trent 892 engines on the Emirates 777? no? oh well must be me then! or the RR engines on the A300 as well... Hmmmm sack the guy who put this video together......
RR engines are being recalled right and left
not so be specific russian troll.
GENERAL ELECTRIC JET ENGINES LEAD THE WORLD WHILE EXPLODING ROLLS ROYCE ENGINES SUCK!!!
@@kimberlywilliams7543 Don't you mean suck more air...
I was about to ask why all the thumbs down, but I guess you answered my question. Thanks for being so observant !!
Didn't realize this was an ad until it ran a minute or so... :-)
I can only support Aircraft with Prat and Whitney Engines. I will not support anything with GE engines. GE left CT and this citizen of CT will have nothing to do with GE any more. Prat and Whitney is still here...
Probably left because they can’t afford the taxes
"No darker Time for aviation..." Hello from 2020.
It's quite interesting that the fact that this engine was based on research and development done by NASA with millions of dollars of taxpayers money is not even mentioned and it is portrayed as something that a private entity would and could do by itself. Well they couldn't and they didn't.
GE loves to suck from the taxpayers tits all the while privatizing the profits in the hands of scumbags like Jackie and Jeffy.
@@romanmichaelhamilton8729 -- How much in subsidy money is given to Airbus? To Korean, Japanese, and especially Chinese companies?
@@romanmichaelhamilton8729 -- You don't think that Indian and Chinese execs live like kings, too? I don't mind people making lots of money if they add value for consumers, stockholders, and workers.
More ILLEGAL US Government subsidies, just like Boeing. No the USA says those were "military research projects".
Some research is simply too risky for a CEO to justify the cost. There are many technologies that exist only because the heavy lifting was done at universities and with public funds. Our competitors in the world have full scientific support from their governments just like we used to. This why we keep getting new phones every year but truly new technology has slowed down.
I worked for GE for 11years best job I ever had
Corners of the world. The World is round. No corners on a sphare
There will be when the kleptocracts have finished with it.
irumbarati comfirmed
I wouldn't say no one had thought of a fan that big before. Extensive testing was done on the exposed fan blade high bypass engines in the 1980's that no one ever put into service.
Go-GE keep em flyin'
An GE is a Billion dollar company! Everything from house hold appliances to aircraft engines GE makes it!
Yup, their building another engine for Boeing's new luxury 797
+SwollenRhino no such thing as a 797
They can build those engines, but they can't build a refrigerator worth a damn.
Psycho9263 🤣
Well, the GE I just got rid of lasted about 12 years trouble free. The ice-maker was poorly designed (IMO), but it did work.
This...👆I knew there would be a comment about this. Last two refrigerators I had were GE and total junk.
@thekeyboard warrior One fridge was my parents, the other my landlord's. I've actually never bought a fridge.
I have a GE fridge my parents purchased nearly 50 years ago and it still works.
Great one. Thanks for sharing
GE 90 vs RR Trent XWB (both are literally "Goliath" engine)
Trent XWB for the win
GE90 is bigger and more powerful
Nahh, the GE90 came about when 2 GE engineers took some pictures through my shed window. Pretty much identical.
what's up with music while the people are talking.
‘We were the first to develop carbon fibre fan blades’ - Wrong! Rolls-Royce were developing them for their new RB211 engine in the 60’s. The original development was by the RAE, Farnborough. They found that they were not good enough in bird strike situations so therefore went with a blade with a honeycomb structure covered in titanium. This produced wearability and strength.
Exactly.
Wrong! You mean they "tried to develop"!
terry wilder No! The RAE, Farnborough had developed them but when Rolls-Royce tried them they were perfectly acceptable as a fan blade but couldn’t withstand a bird strike. Thus they ditched the technology and went to the honeycomb titanium blade.
Marcus Wardle Somewhere In there, Rolls-Royce developed a thing called Hyfil, or something, which was a single crystal blade.
@@marcuswardle3180 Incorrect again! If they can't stand a bird strike they are not acceptable as a fan blade!
This GE engine video is so good I forgot about Edison screwing over Tesla long enough to subscribe.
They did add a quote from Orville Wright about progress - which he did everything to stop.
Actually it was J.P. Morgan that screwed Tesla (and Westinghouse) after he screwed Edison.
The GE90 was designed in the late 80's early 90's and had the first composite fan blades ever on a commercial engine. It's 2016 and GE is on it's 4th generation composite blades while no other engine manufacturer has any composite blades on their engines. The weight savings is tremendous and makes the GE90 the most efficient large jet engines on the planet. The GE9X will make the GE90 look like a mid 50's gas guzzling turbo jet engine. The GE9X will have composites in each area of the engine like the huge cowling will be all composite along with that beautiful extremely large fan blade. Around 43% will be composites along with new metals that GE is not giving any info on that is much lighter than Titanium with better heat resistance at higher temps while having more rigidity, it's also easier to work with.
Ghost Metal?
Back in the day at LHR you would occasionally see a 747 carrying a spare “5th engine” for another plane.
Love,hard work, dedication,thanks God for their talents.
At 6:27 the Emirates 777 takes off with a Rolls Royce Engine!!
The RR was made available on the 777-300, just not the ER model. Larger wingspan and extra fuel capacity required the extra thrust of the GE90. RR also available on the 777-200's as well if I'm correct.
Jeff D. yes u r absolutely correct. The RR's were available only 773 and 772's. The Emirates which takes of at 6:27 is a 773 not a 77W with GE's
vst9688 Yeah, Emirates used the Trent engines for their -200 and -300 planes. GE90s are available for those planes, but Emirates went with the Trents instead. As you said, though, only the GE90s are available for the -200LR, -300ER, and Freighter versions. Also, only GE9Xs will be available for the new generation of B777 aircraft.
vbscript2
Actually ... I was just reading a couple of days ago that RR is developing an engine also specially designed for the 777X series ... supposedly Boeing will offer it as an option. it's rated at 99,500 lbs. of thrust. It's the RB3025 ... here's the link. Enjoy !! www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/rolls-royce-pushes-new-engine-concept-for-777x-369294/
vbscript2 GE-90 proved more reliable than Trent 800 ..
Jet engines without their outer casings look so badass. Real life Pod Racer engines.
Cool stuff, but in a weird way, I really do miss the screaming sound of the turbine engines of the 1960s, and also the smell of spent kerosine that used to permeate commercial jet aircraft interiors.
As someone living below an approach path to a runway, I don't miss the noise in the least.
I could watch turbine engine videos all day... keep them coming!
Carbon fiber superalloy ????? (3:50) It's either composite, or it's metal.
They should try using it on the revamped 747-8 series. She'll really fly terrifically.
4 0of those might be too powerful for a passenger Jumbo, but all that thrust might give the Freight Jumbo a shot at going toe to toe with the big Ukrainian heavy haulers (Antonov 124 and 225)
777-300ER was the best plane ever built
I love the 777-300ER too. I rode the 777-200 one time, though.
a340-600 is better
A.M.P. Gaming hahaha you wish
A.M.P. Gaming it has four engines that's really not efficient. The a340 was built to combat the 747 but it's worthless now. The 777 beats that crappy airbus plane anyway
The A340 was discontinued in 2011 with only 377 built. The Boeing 777 is still very much in production with 1,417 copies. Guess which one the airline industry prefers?
great engine, truly marvelous. My GE Toaster oven is a POS even though its thrust ratio is 27:1
ROLLS ROYCE ....The King of Commercial jet engines
The CF6 series, a mixed blessing for GE. On the one hand a great selling engine. On the other, probably the engine with most safety issues. Google GE45/50 and some 80 series models to see all the NTSB directives. Overall, RR are safer models.
The CF6 didn't bankrupt GE as the RB211 did Rolls. The Cf6 80 makes comparable thrust to the Trent800 series and does so with a lighter engine. The Cf6 still outperforms Rolls engines with an aged platform. Fancy that.
Additionally, look up ADs for GE90 vs Trent 800/900
Matthew Trujillo I could get involved in a long, drawn out conversation on the merits of CF6 v RR Trent, but I think the comments section from this ATW article have saved me the time atwonline.com/engines/turkish-airlines-orders-more-ge-cf6-engines-airbus-a330-fleet. Worth a read if only to educate you with facts.
Trent 1000
Soviet Union on the 380👌🏽 had to service on... i was sepriced of the amout of oil she can hold. Coming from a a320. A330 and a340 backround
"Coming in 2020"
Covid: No
Engine delays and issues: *Press X to doubt*
Cool! Now maybe GE could start paying its taxes!
You mean you can start stealing GE's money?
I'm a big fan of Airbus Airplanes, but I have to say that, this aircraft 3:15 B777-x is very beautiful.
nope no sea travel by boat for me either.
Using music was an unnecessary distraction here, and the narration too monolithic and inauthentic sounding. "Sensing the strong winds of change...",... Really? How poetic.
nyceyes Links to your awesome channel?
Ge makes the best engines.
Just love the sound.
So good.
Rolls-Royce makes the best engines.
747 comments, 747K views. Coincidence?
Being a true blue blooded American i do belive the ge90 is probably the best commerical jet engine out there RR engines are some of the best engines out there i hope im wrong on that i always want to think we have the best of everything but in my heart i dont belive that we do
Today's turbine jet engines were obsolete back in the early 2000's by an engine design that can easily produce greater than 10:1 power to weight ratios, and is several magnitudes less expensive to manufacture.
GE > RR
No you are wrong. I like GE than RR. Not the other way around. you have #fail
***** SHUT UP YOU NERD! LOLOL
GE are better than Rolls Royce? Unless of course you're using a faulty GE operand in which case you probably meant GE
GE>any other engine except the Rolls Royce SNECMA Olymups 593 Mk 610 (nothing beats the Concorde)
@@dantaylor7344 Faulty Rolls-Royce engine on Australian A380 did cost A380's head!
Pray for GE and Boeing's success. In today's growing global competition, we need to beat Airbus and RR in performance and safety.
How about thinking about the passengers instead of the airlines...we are flying slower than ever with all these "great" engines
And your airfare is as cheap relatively as it has ever been and your safety is better than it has ever being
Slower=quieter, fuel efficiency, less vibration, less wear and tear... if speed is all you want the concord is for you.
Great job, GE!
lol!!!!! Goliath killed by a stone. So can this engine.
Probably not. They test them for bird strikes. Especially an ultra high bypass engine like this one.
If GE *really* wants to get innovative with their engine design, they should focus more of their future development on engines that run on alternative fuels (like Hydrogen or Methane) or even no fuel at all (relying on Microwave Beamed Power from the ground and orbital relays). These technologies may not be feasible today, but the development cycle of an engine can be 15-20 years or longer, and by that time SpaceX should by flying reusable Falcon Heavy rockets for much cheaper access to space... (a constellation of Microwave relays in orbit could allow a handful of ground stations to power airplanes flying anywhere on the globe...) and Natural Gas infrastructure should be much better developed than it is today. Aerospace companies need to start planning around Peak Oil and the eventual depletion (in 30-40 years at the latest) of most sizable and affordable petroleum reserves combined with even higher demands for Oil for transportation and industrial uses as countries in Asia and Africa economically develop...
The same Peak Oil we've been hearing about for 75 years. How's that working out for you?
What i find very ironic, is that for years I've heard Americans dismiss Rolls Royce saying that American GE design and engineering is far better, yet at the helm was a British Man, so both RR and GE are products of British design and engineering pioneers. Whereas as the American PW. are still loud fuel guzzling smoke machines.
LOL - So, having a Brit working there makes it 'British design and engineering,' even though the vast majority of the engineers working there are Americans? Also, some of RR's design is done here, too. They tried to recruit some of my aerospace engineering friends. Also, according to RR's own website, "More Rolls-Royce products are built in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world."
I guess you haven't heard about Pratt's geared turbofan Adam? It will be the quietest engine flying and one of the most efficient.
GE is a long way ahead of Roll Royce when it comes to Combustor tech. RR combustors are far inferior in efficiency to GE's by a large margin. RR has their 3rd shaft, P&W has the geared fan but GE has the combustion tech. Efficient use of fuel starts at the combustor and also drives emissions more directly that the other approaches.
Also the majority of RR engineering is now done in the USA.
SuperBuzz71
no GE is not far ahead than RR. Where on earth did you see or hear that?? The only reason why a lot of RR were built in the US was because of the high demand over GE. That has since ended and shut down. GE only came up to scratch with RR because they got British engineers in to bring them up to RR standard.
Where on earth did I see that? Testing development RR and GE combustors. My statement is based on first hand knowledge. Yours seem to subjective to proving some stupid point that British engineers are born smarter than American engineers.
As far as market share, GE and CFM combined are almost twice what RR and IAE are combined so I'm not sure about your demand for product comment.
Be proud to be a Brit but don't be an idiot about it
Awesome innovation from GE obviously, but I sure do miss flying on those old TWA and OLYMPIC Boeing 707's nonstop NY (JFK) to Athens, Greece, with those screaming Pratt & Whitney jet engines! What a lucky teen I was to have been able to experience that time, and the ushering in of the jet age back in the 60's!
Well that's great! So why, after working my whole life at technology and management, can't I afford to fly where I want? This DID NOT represent ANY chance for me to go anywhere but instead only increased the profit of the same people who both finance flying for their employees and sell the stinking engines to start with.
The GE flat top stove did very well with balanced heating
WHY DON'T THEY PUT CHICKEN WIRE MESH OVER THE FRONT OF THE ENGINES TO PREVENT BIRD STRIKES TAKING OUT PLANES ?
well it would decrease the air flow so the engine would need to work extra hard, and besides this one doesnt require any, i saw the test videos the chicken turns to paste and goes out safely
Nomad Vids Thank you for answering my question are you an employee of G.E.?
Darryl Fry hehe no :P
+soaringtractor You know you are a moron when you finish all your posts with "DUUUUHHHHH"
soaringtractor Another pointless comment by the tractor fucking asshat.
What is the GE9X's size comparison to the GE90-115B1?
Rolls Royce should just stick to making fancy cars with their very very very unreliable engines.
ryan smith Obviously another Yank who doesn't know shit. Rolls Royce were building engines before GE existed. And in case you yanks dont get the media feeds....Emirates have just selected Rolls Royce to REPLACE their existing supplier GE on the A380. So the BIG $ guys who put their money where their mouth is are quite confident in RR whereas you're just an annoying yank sprouting DRIVEL. You silly BOY
Nath D and you're a pissed off rolls royce fanboy that got trolled. hahahahaha
Now you're claiming to be a simple troll instead of the "academic" giving educated opinion. You're just a simple "shit for brains" yank! LOL
soaringtractor The only thing RR makes now is leather seats, and carpet for the car's! LOL
That is sad! i use to love the craftsmanship of a bespoke Roll Royce. My father would take me to the Roll Royce dealership here in the US, when I was a kid. Never saw them in the town I lived in, but when I saw them rolling down the streets of California, I knew it was something special.
Mind boggling how much trust you can get from a single engine.
Absolutely the best jet engine in the aviation history so far #
Why did GE put the blueprint on TH-cam?
Very interesting, I am from school level and very much interested in aviation industry.
I bet you could fly a 747 with two of the GE90 115's at full load. Wonder how many miles of wire and tons of weight that would save. This engine is stupid awesome and shows what GE can do. Props to the engineers who designed this beast and all the management who saw it through. If I had known and not been poor growing up I would have tried to become an engineer to work with a company like GE. Since I can't work for GE I just will keep buying their stock until I own enough to get a stockholder tour of one of their plants or something. The only thing about this engine that worries me is the amount of thrust it produces ripping up airport runways. I bet that was a concern when they built it. Put four of these suckers on 747 and you could probably take off at idle thrust.
What is needed now is a set of fan disks that does not develop cracks that cause uncontained fan disk failures that has killed 1 person in the US and probably more in other countries. Yes, now every engine maker has blood on their hands; flying with turbofan jet engines with known defects. Decades before, an A& P could downcheck an engine and cause it to be rebuilt. Nowadays; " Oh that crack isn't big enough to replace the fan disk assembly "...Oh, well, that is the risk you take when flying. I was trained to fly; My father was a Connie worker who never sets foot into a jet. Both of us knows that there is always a risk to flying. Accepting an uncontained fan disk rupture means that people accept that risk.
The rising petroleum prices I saw started less than six months after we attacked Iraq, in 2003. The 1990s brought the lowest fuel prices at the pump in my life, frequently dipping a few cents below $1.00 a gallon. The stage for petroleum prices to rise was set when the US was attacked on 9/11.
Way to go. I suggest you increase the background music volume even more, add more percussion, and try to find even more unrelated music topics. This will fulfill your dream of getting rid even of that last pesky subscriber. They are such a pain.
@Raccoon That's how I do tone back.
To Eric Ng....the only reason there are more GE engines in use on 777s is because there is no option to buy RR or P&W on a 777ER/LR. Boeing struck an exclusivity deal with GE years ago to exclude competition. Airlines won't have a choice with the 777X either. To be fair, the A350 only has RR as the engine provider. And now GE are knocking on Airbus's door for business for Airbus's latest model.
bullshit...