I had an opportunity to sit down with Trent 1000 chief engineer, Andy Geer and Richard Jenkins, Rolls-Royce head of marketing for Boeing programs. They took me through an overview of the engine program and discussed the early flights planned for the 787, which from Geer’s perspective, are “relatively uninteresting.”
“My one job,” he emphasizes, “Is to deliver boringly predictable
thrust for the airplane.”
Flight Test Engines:ZA001 – 10015 & 10016 // ZA002 – 10012 & 10020
ZA003 – 10018 & 10019 // ZA004 – 10023 & 10021
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