New Powerful GEAE Engine Takes First Test Flight.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, September, 2002

The new GE90-115B, touted by General Electric Aircraft Engines as the "world's most powerful jet engine," completed its first test flight in Mojave, California, in mid-September.

The engine performed "flawlessly" during its two-hour, 13-minute flight, said Chaker Chahrour, general manager of the GE90 Project Department.

"The engine is on track to support the first flight aboard Boeing's 777-300ER (and the -200LR) , which will occur early next year," he said in a news release. The engine is designed to power Boeing's long-range 777 airplanes, of which 49 have been ordered so far by Air France, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, EVA Air, International Lease Finance Corp. and GE Capital Aviation Services. The engine orders for the aircraft are...

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