'Bowled Over With A Feather': When Safran Aircraft Engines Went Courting for GE
Drinks in a cozy, elegant cocktail lounge have preceded plenty of marriage proposals. But rarely has such a session led to the creation of the most prolific jet propulsion com
GE1 “Building Block” Engine: Greatest GE Jet Engine Ever?
How the GE1 “Building Block” demonstrator engine program launched GE Aviation into the future.
History-Makers: GE Aviation Propulsion Hall of Fame Inducts Eight New Members
The GE Aviation Propulsion Hall of Fame welcomed its newest round of inductees in May 2019.
Training Skills: New Internship and Apprenticeship Programs Build Welder Pipeline
With the amount of work growing at Unison Industries in Dayton for LEAP engines, new internship and apprenticeship programs were started to train more welders.
GE Lifts the U.S. Into the Jet Age
On October 1, 1942, a Bell XP-59A Airacomet powered by two GE I-A turbojet engines roared down a remote runway at Muroc Dry Lake in California and slowly lifted off the ground. From modest beginnings in the California desert, the United States had entered The Jet Age.
Medical and Aviation History: AiRXOS Helps Deliver the World's First Donor Kidney for Transplant via Drone
AiRXOS, part of GE Aviation, participated in the world’s first unmanned aircraft (UA) flight that delivered a donor kidney to surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland for successful transplantation into a patient with kidney failure.
Full Circle: Lessons Learned from a 39-Year Career with GE Aviation
“Give me just a minute, gotta fire off a couple more emails.”
Ceramic Matrix Composite Technology is GE's Centerpiece Jet Propulsion Strategy for the 21st Century
Ceramic matrix composites (CMC) technology is a centerpiece of GE’s jet propulsion strategy for the 21st century.
Quality Manager Angela Tessa Talks Engineering and Building the STEM Pipeline
Avio Aero’s Angela Tessa on the rewards and challenges of a career in STEM.
Jet Engine Urgent Care: On Wing Support Covers the Map
Operating a worldwide network of dispatch and quick turn engine maintenance facilities, On Wing Support provides more than 4,500 rapid repair solutions yearly to more than 250 customers worldwide.