DISTORTION CORRECTION
General Electric will delay certification of the 115,000-lb.-thrust GE90-115B by several weeks to correct a stage 1 high-pressure turbine blade platform distortion that cropped up about 35 hr. into a planned 150-block test (see p. 39). The company believes the distortion was caused by insufficient...
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