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GE’s New Icing Test Facility Begins Operation

GE’s icing test cell in Winnipeg consists of seven fans driven by 250-hp variable frequency motors. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

February 11, 2012

On an unused corner of James A. Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a massive structure has emerged, the newest test cell in GE Aviation’s stable. GE built the test cell because it needed more engine-testing capacity, especially for this unit’s specialty: the creation of icy blasts of fog to test turbine engines’ ability to keep running reliably when flying through icy clouds. The facility, officially called the testing, research and development center (TRDC), received FAA certification for icing tests early this month and took shape under a partnership between GE Aviation and StandardAero.

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