The GEnx-1B engine has completed its first flight on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which flew on June 16th at Paine Field in Everett, Washington.
“The GEnx engine program has been designing, developing and testing the engine for five years so today’s events are a testament to the team’s extraordinary efforts,” said Tom Brisken, general manager of the GEnx program.
The first flight of the Boeing 787 aircraft lasted three hours and 48 minutes and is part of the overall flight-testing program to demonstrate the aircraft’s capabilities. The first flight of the GEnx-1B engine follows the February first flight of the GEnx-2B engine, which has logged more than 1,800 flight-hours on the Boeing 747-8 aircraft.
