November 2003
Souped-Up Jet Engine
The most powerful jet engine ever may help Boeing beat back European rival Airbus.
By David Talbot
Sometime this coming spring, airline passengers will be propelled aloft by a jet engine that sets a new record as the world's most powerful. Packing some 52,000 kilograms of thrust-enough that just two engines could carry 365 passengers in a beefed-up Boeing 777 halfway around the world-the $21 million mammoth engine from General Electric is 22 percent more powerful than the previous-generation GE engine.
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