[going hot]

That’s a big goose net. Probably suck up the whole gaggle in one swoop.

[Nifster]

Sometimes bigger ain’t necessarily better

[central_va]

Let me help this dweeb: At roughly the size diameter of a entire Boeing 737's fuselage

[NorthMountain]

GE9X engine on the GE engine test aircraft.

[Moonman62]

I see the doom and gloomers are out in force this morning.

[CodeJockey]

Looks like as of now, the GE is the only engine option.

I read this at Wiki...

Customers bemoan the loss of engine competition, like Air Lease Corporation's CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy who wants a choice of engines. Airbus points out that handling more than one engine type adds millions of dollars to an airliner cost. Pratt and Whitney said "Engines are no longer commodities...the optimization of the engine and the aircraft becomes more relevant."

[red-dawg]

< Liberal Moonbat >

"SEE!? SEE?!? We don't need those nasty Fossil Fuels!! GE stands for General ELECTRIC!!"

< /Liberal Moonbat >

[NormsRevenge]

roughly the size of an entire Boeing 737’s fuselage

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wow.

[SamAdams76]

I think this is going to be a great engine.

I hope we make thousands of them.

[N. Theknow]

At roughly the size of an entire Boeing 737's fuselage

An engine with restrooms...Wow! Neat-O!

[Paal Gulli]

That thing will eat a few inattentive ramp rats.