This video is the GE9X going to takeoff power on the run pad in preparation for its second flight test campaign. The GE9X is undergoing flight tests in support of the first flight of the 777X later this year. Video courtesy of Chief Test Pilot Jon Ohman.
GE9X engine powers up
By Ben Sampson
Ben Sampson
Ben has worked as a journalist and editor, covering technology, engineering and industry for the last 20 years. Initially writing about subjects from nuclear submarines to autonomous cars to future design and manufacturing technologies, he was editor of a leading UK-based engineering magazine before becoming editor of Aerospace Testing in 2017.