Attached To 747 Test Bed
General Electric's GEnx engine took to the skies Thursday over
Victorville, CA, marking the start of flight-testing on GE's 747
flying test-bed. During the three-hour first flight, the GEnx-1B
engine demonstrated aircraft systems and instrumentation
functionality, climbed to more than 43,000 feet and established
engine performance baselines for flight-testing.