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General Aviation Revitalization Act

The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 is a United States federal law establishing an 18-year statute of repose on product liability lawsuits against general aviation aircraft manufacturers.

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a two-seat, supersonic, variable-sweep-wing tactical fighter-bomber that served the US Air Force from 1967 to 1996 and Australia's from 1973 to 2010.

General Dynamics F-111C

The General Dynamics F-111C was a long-range swing-wing strike aircraft operated by the Royal Australian Air Force from 1973 to 2010, an Australian variant of the American F-111.

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine multi-role fighter, first flown in 1974 and now built by Lockheed Martin for over two dozen countries.

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon operators

The F-16 Fighting Falcon operators are the air forces of about 29 countries flying roughly 3,100 of the multirole fighters, among the world's most widely used combat aircraft.

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants

The F-16 Fighting Falcon variants are the production versions and block upgrades of General Dynamics' single-engine multirole fighter, from early F-16A/B through the F-16E/F Block 60 and current Block 70/72.

General Dynamics F-16XL

The General Dynamics F-16XL was an experimental F-16 derivative with a stretched fuselage and cranked-arrow delta wing that lost to the F-15E in 1984 and later served as a NASA research aircraft.

General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven

The General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven, nicknamed the Sparkvark, was a United States Air Force electronic jamming aircraft converted from F-111A strike aircraft, serving from 1981 to 1998.

General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B

The General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B was a proposed carrier-based fleet air defense fighter for the US Navy, canceled by Congress in 1968 before any production aircraft were built.

General Electric CF34

The General Electric CF34 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines from GE Aerospace, derived from the military TF34 and powering the Bombardier CRJ and Embraer E-Jet regional jets.

General Electric CF6

The General Electric CF6, or GE CF6, is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines derived from the TF39, in commercial service on widebody aircraft since 1971.

General Electric F404

The General Electric F404 is a family of afterburning low-bypass turbofan engines built by GE Aerospace in Lynn, Massachusetts, best known for powering the F/A-18 Hornet and F-117 Nighthawk.

General Electric F414

The General Electric F414 is an afterburning turbofan engine built by GE Aerospace, rated around 22,000 lb of thrust, that powers the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler.

General Electric GE36

The General Electric GE36 was an experimental unducted fan engine, developed with NASA support, that flew on Boeing 727 and MD-80 testbeds and demonstrated 15 to 30 percent fuel savings before cancellation in 1989.

General Electric GE90

The General Electric GE90 is a high-bypass turbofan family developed by GE for the Boeing 777, first to use carbon fiber composite fan blades and certified in 1995.

General Electric GE9X

The General Electric GE9X is a high-bypass turbofan engine developed by GE Aerospace solely for Boeing's 777X family, certified in 2020 with a record 134,300 lbf of thrust.

General Electric GEnx

The General Electric GEnx, or GE GEnx, is a high-bypass turbofan engine family built by GE Aerospace for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 747-8, introduced in 2011.

General Electric J79

The General Electric J79 is an afterburning single-spool turbojet developed by General Electric in the 1950s for Mach 2 military aircraft, powering the F-104, B-58, and F-4.

General Electric J85

The General Electric J85, or GE J85, is a small single-shaft afterburning turbojet first run in 1956 that powered the Northrop T-38 Talon and F-5 fighters.

General Electric LM2500

The General Electric LM2500 is a marine gas turbine derived from the CF6 aircraft turbofan. First run in 1969, it powers warships for 39 navies worldwide.

General Electric T408

The General Electric T408 (T408-GE-400, GE38-1B) is a 7,500-shaft-horsepower turboshaft engine by GE Aerospace that powers the Marine Corps' CH-53K King Stallion, with Germany's MTU Aero Engines holding an 18 percent work share.

General Electric T700

The General Electric T700, designated CT7 in civil versions, is an American turboshaft helicopter engine first delivered in 1978 to power the UH-60 Black Hawk.

General of the Air Force

General of the Air Force is a five-star rank of the United States Air Force, held only by Henry H. "Hap" Arnold from 1949 until his death in 1950.

Geneva Airport

Geneva Airport, also called Genève Aéroport or Cointrin, is the international airport of Geneva, Switzerland, located 4 km north of the city and opened in 1920.

Geoffrey de Havilland

Geoffrey de Havilland (1882–1965) was an English aviation pioneer and test pilot who founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1920 and designed the Mosquito and the Comet, the first commercial jet airliner.

George Best Belfast City Airport

George Best Belfast City Airport is a single-runway airport three miles north-east of Belfast city center, serving short-haul and business travel, which handled about 2.4 million passengers in 2024.

George Bush Intercontinental Airport

George Bush Intercontinental Airport, formerly Houston Intercontinental Airport, is Houston's primary commercial airport, opened in 1969 and renamed for President George H. W. Bush in 1997.

George Cayley

Sir George Cayley (1773–1857) was an English engineer and Yorkshire landowner who established the science of aeronautics, defining the modern aeroplane and flying the first manned gliders.

George F. L. Charles Airport

George F. L. Charles Airport, formerly Vigie Airport (SLU), is a small regional airport on Saint Lucia's northwest coast, about 2 km north of Castries, handling mainly inter-island Caribbean flights.

Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier

The Gerald R. Ford class, or CVN-21, is a class of nuclear-powered US Navy supercarriers, successor to the Nimitz class, with lead ship commissioned in 2017.