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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-haul, widebody, twin-engine jetliner, designed with lightweight structures that are 80% composite by volume; [225] Boeing lists its materials by weight as 50% composite, 20% aluminum, 15% titanium, 10% steel, and 5% other materials.
The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 is a high-bypass turbofan engine produced by Rolls-Royce, one of the two engine options for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, competing with the General Electric GEnx. It first ran on 14 February 2006 and first flew on 18 June 2007 before a joint EASA/FAA certification on 7 August 2007 and entered service on 26 October 2011.
The first flight with one of these engines took place on 22 February 2007, using a Boeing 747-100, fitted with one GEnx engine in the number 2 (inboard left hand side) position. By fall 2019, General Electric was offering the GEnx-2B, developed for the 747-8, for the revised 767-XF variant based on the 767-400ER, but needed enough volume to ...
The reputation of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner has been battered a number of times over its decade-long development and the manufacturing processes that delayed the launch of the plane ...
Crews are working to replace a Rolls-Royce engine in one of Boeing's (BA) five 787 Dreamliner test jets after the engine experienced a power surge before takeoff. It's not yet clear if the 787's ...
In March 2000, Boeing was to launch the longer range 767-400ERX powered by 65,000–68,000 lbf (290–300 kN) engines, with deliveries planned for 2004. [45] In July, Rolls-Royce was to supply its Trent 600 for the 767-400ERX and Boeing 747X , while the European Union was limiting the Engine Alliance offer on quadjets. [ 46 ]
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A whistleblower has come forward Wednesday alleging parts of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes were built in an unsafe manner – potentially leading to “devastating consequences.”