N747GE is a Boeing 747 aircraft that was used by General Electric Aircraft Engines (now known as GE Aerospace) as a testbed for several of the companies jet engines between 1992 and 2017, including the GE90 for the Boeing 777, at the time, the world’s largest jet engine.

ge的747-100发动机测试平台注册号为n747ge，也是世界上最后一架退役的747-100飞机，1970年交付泛美航空，1992年被ge购入并改造为测试平台。 泛美时期的GE第一代测试平台 图片来源：GE

Dec 4, 2024 · Let's take a closer look at this impressive Boeing 747, which is designated the GE Aerospace flying testbed. As a new aircraft engine gets developed, General Electric Aerospace puts the engine through a significant testing program.

Mar 6, 2023 · It’s GE’s flying test bed, an airborne lab that the company has used since 2010 to test successive generations of new jet engines. (GE also operated a 747-100, previously owned by Pan Am, as a flying test bed for 24 years before retiring it to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, in 2018.)

Nov 28, 2018 · Few symbols embody the connection more than the original GE flying testbed, a 49-year-old Boeing 747-100 that served as an airborne lab for engineers testing generations of new jet engines. The plane, the last operating model of the first variant of the iconic 747 jet, made its final flight earlier this month.

Mar 7, 1994 · Boeing 747-446 with registration N747GF (ex JA8910, N356AS) airframe details and operator history including first flight and delivery dates, seat configurations, engines, fleet numbers and names Radar

The Boeing 747 began as a concept for a U.S. Air Force contract competition to design a heavy lift cargo aircraft. That contest was eventually won by the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, but Boeing’s failure to win that contract led it to develop one of the most iconic aircraft ever.

Mar 1, 2023 · Going Very High, Very Fast: Up in the Air With GE’s 747 Flying Test Bed Engineers

Oct 29, 2009 · The flying testbed, a first-generation 747-100 model, is the oldest version of the 747 still flying in the United States today and the fifth oldest in the world. The aircraft has flight tested GE and CFM International engines of various sizes and thrust capabilities, from the CF34 engines for regional jets to the world's largest, most powerful ...

The General Electric GEnx ("General Electric Next-generation") is an advanced dual rotor, axial flow, high-bypass turbofan jet engine in production by GE Aerospace for the Boeing 747-8 and 787. The GEnx succeeded the CF6 in GE's product line.