Testing Shows 747-8 on Path To Being Quieter Than -400
Credit: BOEING
Three weeks of ground tests at General Electric's Peebles, Ohio, test facility on a GE90-115B engine have demonstrated noise reduction improvements that are being sought for the GEnx-2Bs that will power the Boeing 747-8. The improvements have grown out of NASA-GE-Boeing noise suppression research...
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