Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: More SSX comments.
Message-ID: <1990Jan18.055746.1792@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <8329@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 90 05:57:46 GMT

In article <8329@portia.Stanford.EDU> izahi@portia.Stanford.EDU (Raul Izahi Lopez Hernandez) writes:
>	Answering to Henry of Toronto it is interesting to know that
>GE (General Electric) is about to announce a new engine which might
>be used in the Boeing's '777' plane coming, maybe not so soon though...

The engine manufacturers have it a bit easier than the aircraft folks,
because their products can go up on a variety of birds.  The 777, as
currently envisioned, basically wants really hefty turbofans -- it's
almost 747 size but only two engines -- and those are already cooking
for other applications, notably enlarged 747s and DC-10s.  Even so,
you won't find an engine manufacturer investing big bucks in (as
opposed to announcing the existence of) a new engine without a pretty
good assurance of a market for it.
-- 
1972: Saturn V #15 flight-ready|     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
1990: birds nesting in engines | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu