Posted on 12/22/2005 6:44:04 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
General Electric sold 750 of its GE90 and GEnx engines in 2005, a record number for the year.
In its first year on the market, the GEnx engine brought in 525 orders, according to a GE news release. It will power the Boeing 787 and 747-8 aircraft, along with the Airbus A350.
The value of the GEnx sales is more than $6 billion.
GE sold more than 240 GE90 engines, of which a record 225 were the higher thrust GE90-115B engines. Boeing is using the engine in three of its freighter craft.
The value of the GE90 sales is more than $4.5 billion.
GE began selling the GE90 engines to airlines in 1995. The GEnx is based on the GE90 design. GEnx is the only engine with a front fan case and fan blades made of composites for better engine durability, weight reduction and lower operating costs. The fan blades will use GE90 composite technology.
GE-Aviation, part of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), makes jet engines for civil and military aircraft.
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I remember when the GE90 came out and some were predicting it would suffer a high rate of failure due to its composite fan blades.
Another American Corporation does well under the Bush economy which has been no better than the Hoover Depression era according to John Kerry.
I think Kerry also claimed President Nixon sent him into Cambodia during Christmas 1968.
Let's not crow about this yet. The jury is still out. It takes millions of hours to prove this technology.
BTTT
I worked for GE-AE in Evendale from 1987-1993. I worked for the Radar Technology Dept. Good group of engineers. We lost the bid for the ATF (F-22 Raptor) to Pratt and Whitney and the group got largely busted up. The engine was the F-120 a pretty amazing engine with a gimbled nozzle.
So the enginge cost between $10 and 20 million each? I'll just have to get a rebuilt one.
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Sheesh.
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Interestingly enough, the GE90--once its bugs were stamped out--has proved to be a very reliable engine. After all, Continental Airlines flies their GE90-powered 777-200ER's between Newark, NJ and Hong Hong non-stop. And so far, the GE90-115B has done very well in service on 777-300ER's flown by several airlines.
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