Tag Archives: Aviation

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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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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…



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GE Opens Two Jet Engine Plants as Next-Gen Aircraft Get Ready for Take-Off

April 30, 2013

David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation, spent the last the decade developing some of the…



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Here Come the Lasers: New GE Aviation Plant Will Use Lasers to Build Jet Engines

April 29, 2013

Taking a break from drilling holes in exotic alloys with a powerful laser beam, Hongqiang Chen peers…