No more challenges? Has the roast died?

Okay, The Boeing 777-300ER has 115,000 pounds of thrust. Whoever said it was 127,000 is wrong.

The GE90 engine has thrust from 74,000 to 115,000 per engine. So a 777-300ER equipped with GE90-115 engines can produce 230,000 pounds of thrust.

Holder of the thrust world record
According to the Guinness Book of Records, at 127,900 lbf (569 kN), it holds the record for the highest thrust (though it is rated at 115,300 lbf (513 kN)). This thrust record was accomplished inadvertently as part of a one hour triple red-line engine stress test. In order to accommodate the increase in torsional stresses an entirely new steel alloy, GE1014, had to be created and then machined to extreme tolerances.

So the 777-300ER could, theoretically, have nearly 260,000 lbf of thrust.

thucy, I dont recall being crass. maybe a bit forceful in outing his lie. but crass?

diplomat, regardless of whether or not you are a ph.d'd professor or not, you are still an ignorant bigot.
you could be the dean of harvard for all I give a shit.

a resume is nothing compared to the character of the person.

What edition of GWR was that?

Hehe, imagine if Dip turned out to be George W Bush.
That would explain some things :D

Press Release from GE

GE90 Sets New World Record For Thrust; Engine Completes FAR 33 Certification Tests
February 5, 2003 -- Evendale, Ohio -- The newest derivative of the GE90 jet engine has set another world record for thrust, reaching 127,900 pounds during final engine certification testing.

The new record was set recently during testing of a GE90-115B development engine at GE Aircraft Engines' (GEAE) outdoor test complex near Peebles, Ohio. It eclipsed the engine's previous Guinness world record of 122,965 pounds of thrust.

"The record wasn't a test objective; it simply resulted from the test program established for airworthiness certification," said David Calhoun, president and chief executive officer of GEAE. "It confirms the performance margin inherent in the GE90. Designed as part of a growth strategy for the Boeing 777 aircraft family, the GE90 continues to surpass expectations and provide unmatched value for airlines flying longer-range routes."

The new record was set while completing a required U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 150-hour block test. During this intensive test, the engine ran for approximately 60 hours at triple red-line conditions (maximum fan speed, maximum core speed and maximum exhaust gas temperature) to evaluate the engine at its operational limits. The test is designed to demonstrate the engineÂ’s capability beyond the most extreme operating conditions.

"From the outset, we took a low-risk path to 115,000 pounds of thrust for the derivative GE90-115B engine," said Chaker Chahrour, general manager, GE90 Project Department. "The performance margin will translate into engine durability and, ultimately, operational reliability for the airlines."

The GE90-115B completed FAA FAR33 certification testing on January 31 and is expected to receive official certification soon. First flight of the Boeing 777-300ER, powered by the GE90-115B, is targeted for later this month. The first 777-300ER is scheduled for delivery to International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), and to ILFC's customer Air France, in 2004.

The GE90-115B is part of the GE90 family, the best-selling engines for Boeing 777 aircraft. To date, 21 customers have ordered 225 firm and 44 option GE90-powered 777s, with a firm engine value of more than $7.5 billion. The GE90-115B is the sole engine for Boeing's longer-range 777-300ER and -200LR aircraft.

Snecma Moteurs, IHI and FiatAvio are participants in the GE90-115B engine program.

GE Aircraft Engines, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is the world's leading manufacturer of jet engines for civil and military aircraft, including engines produced by CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of Snecma Moteurs of France and GE. GEAE also produces gas turbines, derived from its highly successful jet engine programs, for marine and industrial applications. In addition, GEAE provides comprehensive maintenance support through GEES for GE and non-GE jet engines in service throughout the world. Visit GEAE online at: http://www.geae.com.

Does W. have a pilot's license? No.

Actually, Sicarius, if he has a PhD, he'd have a CV, not a resume...

abgemacht + 8

hey, my grandfather used to own a Cessna. I have some really great memories of him flying us around over the Mississippi

All I have to say diplomat...is that if you are going to deny marriage rights to a certain group of people without explanation or justification, then you have lost a tremendous amount of credibility with me. Anybody can choose to discriminate against a group of people on a website, but it would be a totally different scenario to go up to a gay couple and explain why you probably think marriage is "sacred" and gay marriage would be icky and morally wrong.

Funny, people also used to think it was morally wrong for african-americans to get an education. Or for women to vote. What it comes down to is simple, plain discrimination and you are just an example of the embarrassing American stereotype that unfortunately has not yet completely died out with history.

And as for virtually no gun control, why don't you take a little consideration for the well-being of others? Trends have shown that higher gun control ALWAYS leads to less violent crime and murder. But of course, considering your sheer lack of any fact or statistic (or explanation, for that matter) I wouldn't expect you to actually know that much about the issue.

@JUICY - re: Gun Control. I don't give a crap about lies, damn lies, and statistics. Our constitution guarantees us the right to bear arms. This right is given us so we might keep a potentially oppressive regime in check. Yes, that is directed towards our own government. So, you are suggesting that our government take away our right to bear arms to keep others (and presumably ourselves) safe? Careful going down that slippery slope of taking away our rights. Next will be taking away the freedom of the press, then speech, then you can forget that whole right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness thing.

Thanks, I want my guns. I want to know that if a corrupt politician doesn't like the way I dress or think, that I can defend myself from the invading "nanny state police" that will attempt to enter.

Also, if you outlaw guns altogether, then you are asking for a blackmarket for the crooks and leaving the general populace unable to defend themselves form homeinvaders. Thanks, I'll keep my H&K loaded in my unlocked gun safe under my side of the bed and be a criminal in those circumstances.

As far as gay marriage... I have no problem with government recognized and protected civil unions for gays. But I do have a problem when the term marriage is used. This is a religious term and my God has a problem with homosexuality. There is plenty of evidence for this in the Bible, from Genesis 2 where God declared a marriage to be between a man and a woman to Leviticus where he calls it an abomination all the way up to 1 Timothy and 1 Corinthians. God abhors it and calls it sin. I should probably be against a civil union as well, but I still hold out hope for the sinners. I won't however, allow the nanny state you want to trash the name of that which God calls sacred, marriage.

Juicy,
There was a previous thread about gay marriage, and Diplomats view was that since he didn't believe the ass was a sex organ, there was no need to use it as such, and that was his reason for denying gay marriage. There was plenty of opinion on that thread about the for and against for gay marriage, with some pretty intelluctual debate, but that was Diplomats only contribution, with no response to repeated requests from multiple people for a more detailed explanation.

Draugnar, do you have a problem with my government sanctioned non-religious marriage? I was married by a justice of the peace, so religion's claim to ownership of the word is nonsense.

Women shouldn't vote. How did we lose that election?

Draugnar, just out of curiousity: is your God the same one who tells you to stone to death anyone found gathering sticks on a Saturday (Numbers 15,32-34), to stone to death any son who is "stubborn and rebellious" and does not obey his parents (Deuteronomy 21,18-21), and who considers that the right punishment for children making fun of a bald man is sending bears to kill 42 of them (2 Kings 2,23-24)?

Man, I hope you will not allow the nanny state to prevent a good stoning next Saturday! ;)

@JUICY:

There have actually been studies that show less gun control means less crime. My favorite pro-gun example is a small town (I believe just under 1,000 people) made a law everyone HAD to get a gun or pay outrageous taxes. They went from a terribly high crime rate to next to zero, since people wouldn't rob someone they knew was packing heat.

These studies exist for both sides of the argument, it's just whichever you choose to read. People will manipulate numbers to support themselves every chance they get.

Draugnar, meet my friend Secularism.

you can take my gun away but I'll be giving you the bullets first


I'm opposed to marriage

well, sic, in my conservative family's view, any curse word is automatically crass and you used several. that was all it took for them to see lol

i am a bit more... resilient to such

Draugnar- If your God considers homosexuality to be one of the big problems with the world, then I feel very sorry for you. After all, anybody who has read their Bible knows that God loves all of his children, and I seriously doubt that He was excluding gays. But hey if you're going to take everything in your Bible literally, then I guess you fall into the pack of people who still feel it's acceptable to beat their wife to death if she's not a virgin on their wedding night. After all, it says that's okay in the Bible.

As for gun control, I would advise not getting your panties in a bunch since I NEVER said anything about taking away the right to bear arms..just for higher gun control standards. You know, the standards that keep guns out of the hands of insane people and people with records of psychotic behavior. Remember Virginia Tech and the shootings there? If there had been better gun control, then the gun store owner would have realized he was selling a gun to a student with a record of mental disorders.

@JUICY: I feel I have to correct you. The passage you are referring to (Deuteronomy 22, 13-21) does not say that you can beat your wife to death if she is not a virgin on your wedding night, that would be completely inappropriate.

What you have to do is bring her to the elders of the city, and then, unless her father can prove that she was a virgin, all the men in the city have to - guess what? - stone her to death.

I wonder why this passage is not quoted so often, when we discussing the sacred value of marriage...

The idea of marriage being some sacred religious pact that cannot be violated by gays mucking it up would be a little more understandable if 50% of all marriages (at least in the US) didn't end in divorce.

or 50% ended in stonings.


sorry but the more of the bible I read the more bullshit I find the entire religion.

and dont get me wrong, the koran the torah etc. are equally full of bullshit, and the book of mormon is probably the most hilarious book I've ever read.

Good grief you're unpleasant.

Guys, that was the drugs talking last night and making me awnry (is that the right word?) Jesus made a new covenant with us through the shedding of His blood. I did say I have no problem with same sex unions. And I really shouldn't have said anything about the word marriage considering it's English, not Hebrew or Greek. Am I gay? No. Do I think homosexuality is a sin? Yes. But Jesus died for ALL sinners, myself included. And I don't see homosexuality as any worse of a sin than pre/extra-marital sex. And it's less of a sin if the couple is committed to each other.

So sorry for being a dick last night.