Watch GE Aviation’s original Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747-100 Flying Test Bed take one of her last flights and hear from those who knew and loved her.

As the CFM56 engine program recently marked its 30,000th engine delivery, here are some key facts about the most popular commercial aircraft engine that's really "grown up" over the past five decades.

Our growing presence in Europe will better position not only GE Aviation, but the continent of Europe, for the dynamic 21st century aerospace industry.

How long is 91,000 years? Go back that far in the history of the earth and the Sahara was a wet and fertile plateau. It’s also the cumulative amount of time that the world’s most hardest-working jet engine, the CFM56, has spent in the air since its first commercial flight on a DC-8 Super 70 passenger jet in 1981.

Aviation Week has unlocked all 100 years of its content, including a treasure chest of GE Aviation history!

The biennial Singapore Airshow is underway, and sales of GE Aviation and CFM engines and services are heating up.

GE Aviation now has a fully operational on-wing support base of operations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to better serve operators in the Latin American region.

Every autumn flight crews are reminded to get back into their Flight Crew Operating Manuals and review Cold Weather Operating procedures for the upcoming season. Starting in November, North America regularly deals with snow, ice, extreme cold, and what seems like a never-ending parade of frontal systems.