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About GE Aviation:

GE Aviation is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop
engines, components and integrated systems for commercial,
military, business and general aviation aircraft, and ship
propulsion applications. GE Aviation has a global service network
to support these offerings.

GE Aviation: Powering a Century of Flight

When the United States entered World War I in 1917, the U.S.
government searched for a company to develop the frst airplane
engine booster for the fedgling U.S. aviation industry. This
booster, or turbosupercharger, installed on a piston engine, used
the engines exhaust gases to drive an air compressor to boost
power at higher altitude.

GE accepted the challenge frst, but another team also requested
the chance to develop the turbosupercharger. Contracts were
awarded in what was the frst military aircraft engine competition
in the U.S. Under wartime secrecy, both companies tested
and developed various designs until the Army called for a test
demonstration.
In the bitter atmosphere of Pikes Peak, 14,000 feet above sea
level, GE demonstrated a 350-horsepower, turbosupercharged
Liberty aircraft engine and entered the business of making
airplanes fy higher, faster and with more effciency than ever
before. That mountaintop test of the frst turbosupercharger
landed GEs frst aviation-related government contract and paved
the way for GE to become a world leader in jet engines.
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in turbines and turbosuperchargers fgured into the U.S. Army
Air Forces decision to select GE to develop the nations frst jet
engine.
Since then, the aircraft engines division of GE Aviation has scored
many frsts. Among them: Americas frst jet engine, the frst
turbojet engines to power fights at two and three times the speed
of sound, and the worlds frst high bypass turbofan engine to
enter service.

Today, GE Aviation is a global provider of engines, systems, and
services, with revenues of $17.6 billion in 2010. As a leader in
aviation technology, GE Aviation continues to design, develop and
manufacture jet engines, components and integrated systems for
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