Passport Engines Prepping For 747 Flying Testbed
GE’s Passport engine for the Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000 will soon fly on a Boeing 747 testbed.

GE Aviation expects this month to fly the Passport engine that will power Bombardier’s Global 7000 and 8000. GE has shipped the first complete engine to Victorville, Calif., where it is about to be fitted to one of the company’s two Boeing 747 flying testbeds.