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A Different Cup of Tea: GE Plant Will Incubate New Ways for Making Advanced Ceramics for Jet Engines

May 21, 2013

A high-tech materials plant in Delaware will receive a $27 million investment from GE Aviation to develop…



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Doctor on Board: Airplane Doc Mark Thomson Keeps His Ear to the Ground

May 17, 2013

For many travelers today, the plane is little more than tons of highly engineered metal designed to…



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Relax Mate: Kiwi Bungee Jumping Mecca Deploys Satellite-Based Flight Paths

May 14, 2013

Queenstown, New Zealand, is to bungee jumping what Hawaii is to surfing. Many visitors, however, get their…



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He Does the Loco Motion: Ajith Kumar Just Keeps Reinventing Trains

May 10, 2013

If you invent technology for trains, you spend a lot of time on test tracks waiting for…



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Re-Joyce: GE to Launch Breakthrough Pump Jet for Offshore Vessels

May 9, 2013

Ever since Ulysses plunged his oar in the wine-dark Aegean Sea, mariners have been looking for an…



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Freeze!: Design Freeze Brings Next-Gen LEAP Engine Close to Production

May 6, 2013

Jet engine maker CFM International took a key step to bring the much-anticipated next-generation LEAP-1B engine close…