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  2. General Electric GE90 - Wikipedia

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    It is one of three engines for the 777-200 and -200ER, and the exclusive engine of the -200LR, -300ER, and 777F. It was the largest jet engine, [3] until being surpassed in January 2020 by its successor, the 110,000 lbf (490 kN) GE9X, which has a larger fan diameter by 6 inches (15 cm). However, the GE90-115B, the most recent variant of the ...

  3. List of large aircraft - Wikipedia

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    First multi-engine aircraft in serial production, Russky Vityaz development Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI: 1916 Bomber: 56: 24.168 yards (22.099 meters) 46.15 yards (42.20 meters) 11.613 tons: Largest WWI aircraft in regular service Tarrant Tabor: 1919 Bomber: 1: 24.38 yards (22.29 meters) 43.74 yards (40.00 meters) 19.97 tons: 4.1 t Crashed on first ...

  4. General Electric GE9X - Wikipedia

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    On November 10, 2017, a GE9X engine reached a record thrust of 134,300 lbf (597 kN) in Peebles, a new Guinness World Record breaking the GE90-115B 127,900 lbf (569 kN) record set in 2002. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The block test engine ran at its operational limits, at triple red-line conditions: maximum fan speed, maximum core speed, and maximum exhaust ...

  5. GE test-flies the world's largest jet engine - AOL

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    It recently conducted the first test flight of the GE9X, widely billed as the world's largest jet engine. It's easy to believe the claim from a glimpse (it's as wide as a Boeing 737), but the ...

  6. List of turbofan manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    GE Aviation, part of the General Electric conglomerate, currently has the largest share of the turbofan engine market. Some of their engine models include the CF6 (available on the Boeing 767, Boeing 747, Airbus A330 and more), GE90 (only the Boeing 777) and GEnx (developed for the Boeing 747-8 & Boeing 787 Dreamliner and proposed for the Airbus A350) engines.

  7. The Biggest Jet Engine in History Is Ready For Flight - AOL

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    It's bigger than a Boeing 737's fuselage, and it's almost ready.

  8. CFM wins blockbuster jet engine order from IndiGo: sources - AOL

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    Engine maker CFM International is poised to announce one of the world's largest jet engine orders with a deal for more than 600 engines from India's IndiGo, industry sources said. The French-U.S ...

  9. Lycoming XR-7755 - Wikipedia

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    They tried again by "twinning" the engine to produce the H block H-2470, which saw some interest in the Vultee XP-54 "Swoose Goose" project. Work on the H-2470 ended when the XP-54 was cancelled. In one final attempt, Lycoming decided to go all out and build what would turn out to be the largest displacement aircraft piston engine in the world.