AOL

The World's Biggest Commercial Jet Engine Has Really Been A Challenge To Get Flight-Ready

The Boeing 777 is a large aircraft meant for long flights, with a wingspan of 212 feet, 7 inches and a length of 242 feet, 4 inches for the extended range models. The next generation of 777 aircraft, ...

We toured a specially modified Boeing 747 used as a 'flying laboratory' to test new jet engines. See inside.

GE Aerospace is building the world's largest jet engine for Boeing's new 777X, and it's using a giant 747 to test it. We toured the unique plane.
AOL

The Biggest Jet Engine in History Is Ready For Flight

Boeing is set to debut its biggest plane ever next month, and the 777X has finally been paired with the gargantuan GE-9X engine that will propel its flight. The plane is currently housed in Boeing's ...

The US Air Force bolted jet engines onto its largest-ever bomber, but it still wasn't enough to save it

One of the overlooked and innovative engineering aspects of the B-36 Peacemaker was its use of four turbojets to supplement ...
Jalopnik

The Largest Commercial Jet Engine On Earth Also Has Large And Unique Problems

When General Electric set out to build a jet engine for the Boeing 777X, they didn't just repeat the previous GE90,they decided to push the laws of physics to the extreme. With a fan diameter of 134 ...