The Insane Engineering of the GEnX

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:49:57 +0000

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References
[1] https://www.cnn.com/travel/art....icle/qantas-repatria
[2] https://www.hemmings.com/stori....es/article/coffman-c
[3] https://www.scalespot.com/revi....ews/kits/ag330-hyper
[4] https://www.airmak.com/index.php/air-start-unit/
[5] https://www.boeing.com/commerc....ial/aeromagazine/art
[6] https://www.boeing.com/commerc....ial/aeromagazine/art
[7] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/149784
[8] https://www.sciencedirect.com/....science/article/pii/
[9] https://www.skybrary.aero/inde....x.php/Aircraft_Bleed
[10] https://www.boeing.com/commerc....ial/aeromagazine/art & https://www.boeing.com/commerc....ial/aeromagazine/art
[11] https://www2.chem.wisc.edu/dep....tfiles/genchem/netor
[12] https://www.safran-landing-sys....tems.com/wheels-and-
[13] https://www.aeroexpo.online/pr....od/safran-landing-sy
[14] https://www.boeing.com/commerc....ial/aeromagazine/art
[15] https://www.geaviation.com/com....mercial/engines/genx
[16] https://www.geaviation.com/sit....es/default/files/dat
[17] https://www.flightglobal.com/a....nalysis-industry-see
[18] https://www.colorado.edu/facul....ty/kantha/sites/defa
[19] https://www.materialstoday.com..../composite-industry/
[20] https://www.colorado.edu/facul....ty/kantha/sites/defa
[21] https://global.kawasaki.com/en..../corp/rd/magazine/17
[22] https://www.sciencedirect.com/....topics/engineering/c
[23] https://www.alentecinc.com/pap....ers/NOx/The%20format
[24] https://www.digitalrefining.co....m/article/1000637/am
[25] https://www.faa.gov/about/offi....ce_org/headquarters_
[26] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/cita....tions/20150007508/do
[27] https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2012-936
[28] https://blog.geaviation.com/ma....nufacturing/the-magn
[29] https://www.sme.org/technologi....es/articles/2015/aug
[30] https://www.matec-conferences.....org/articles/matecco
[31] https://www.boeing.com/aboutus..../environment/environ
[32] https://aviationbenefits.org/n....ewswire/2013/06/chev

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