By Tomas Kellner
Five GEnx engines together generate the same amount of thrust as the Space Shuttle’s rocket engine. The GIF above shows what that power looks like on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, which uses a pair of the engines.
Once again on Tuesday, Boeing test pilots Randy Neville and Van Chaney performed again a near-vertical takeoff with the Vietnam Airlines’ 787-9 – an extended version of the Dreamliner – on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show.
Despite the seemingly vertical takeoff, what you see in the GIF and images is no extreme flying for Neville and Chaney. The test pilots are just cruising close to the edge of the jet’s testing envelope.
GE Reports is publishing the whole week from Paris. We will broadcast the Dreamliner’s next flight here on GE’s Periscope channel @general electric on Wednesday at 9:20 am eastern time. Tune in.
Image and GIF credits: GE Reports/Adam Senatori