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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.
ADC (from "Aircraft Disposal Company") [3] bought 35,000 war-surplus engines in 1920. Initially produced engines from Renault 70 hp spares. ADC Cirrus. ADC Airdisco; ADC Cirrus; ADC Nimbus, development of Siddeley Puma; ADC Airsix, air-cooled version of Nimbus. Not put into use; ADC BR2 [1] ADC Viper [1] ADC Airdisco-Renault [1]
CFM International announced the RISE program in June 2021 as an intended successor of the CFM LEAP turbofan engine, with plans to enter service in the mid-2030s. At the 2022 Farnborough Airshow in July of that year, CFM International and Airbus announced plans to start flight tests for the RISE engine on an Airbus A380-based testbed in 2026.
As of December 2017, Houston Hobby is the fifth largest airport in Southwest's network. [5] Southwest opened its first international terminal at Houston Hobby, and began service from Houston Hobby to Mexico and Central and South America on October 15, 2015. [6] The William P. Hobby Airport covers 1,304 acres (528 ha), and has three runways.
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, [5] is an American aircraft engine supplier that is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati.It is the legal successor to the original General Electric Company founded in 1892, which split into three separate companies between November 2021 and April 2024, adopting the trade name GE Aerospace after divesting its healthcare ...
Rolls-Royce produced a range of piston engine types for aircraft use in the first half of the 20th century. Production of own-design engines ceased in 1955 with the last versions of the Griffon; licensed production of Teledyne Continental Motors general aviation engines was carried out by the company in the 1960s and 1970s.
The CJ-2000 is a scaled-up version of the CJ-1000 HP spool and combustor core, with 10 compressor stages and two turbine stages. As of June 2018, the new 78,000 lbf (350 kN) engine destined for the COMAC C929 was expected to be demonstrated in 2023 and enter service in 2030.
The Franklin Engine Company was an American manufacturer of aircraft engines. Its designs were used primarily in the civilian market, both in fixed wing and helicopter designs. It was briefly directed towards automobile engines as part of the Tucker Car Corporation, returning to aviation when that company failed.