Record #:

6894

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

Many people associate Durham with tobacco, but few know that the world's most powerful jet engine is built there. GE Transportation-Aircraft Engines builds the GE90, an engine with 115,000 pounds of thrusting power that is equivalent to the power of forty corporate jets. The jets are built mostly by hand on an assembly line that moves about three feet. Most engines power commercial airliners, but some are used by the military.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 11, Nov 2004, p58-63, il

Subject(s):

GE Transportation-Aircraft Engines (Durham); Jet engines--Durham