Engines
GE Plans First Passport Ground Run In Q2 2013
The Passport 20 fan prepared for blade-out rig test. GE has designed the largest fan blisk ever on a civil engine.
The Passport 20 fan prepared for blade-out rig test. GE has designed the largest fan blisk ever on a civil engine.

GE Aviation (Booth No. 3900) is planning on testing the first full Passport 20 engine, slated to power the Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000, in the second quarter of next year. The design of the 16,500-pound-thrust turbofan was frozen in April this year. A series of thorough safety trials is well under way.

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