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The
General Electric CF6 is a family of
high-bypass turbofan engines. A development of the first high-power high-bypass jet engine available, the
TF39, the CF6 powers a wide variety of civilian airliners. The basic engine core formed the basis for the
LM2500, LM5000, and
LM6000 marine and power generation
turboshaft.
GE Aviation intends to replace the CF6 family with the
GEnx.
Development
After the successful development in the late 1960s of the TF39 for the
C-5 Galaxy, GE offered a more powerful development for civilian use as the CF6, and quickly found interest in two designs being offered for a recent
Eastern Airlines contract, the
Lockheed L-1011 and
McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Although the L-1011 would eventually select the
Rolls-Royce RB211, the DC-10 stuck with the CF6, and entered service in 1971. It was also selected for versions of the
Boeing 747. Since then, the CF6 has powered versions of the
Airbus A300,
310 and
330,
Boeing 767, and
McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
Variants
CF6-6
The CF6-6 was a development of the military TF39. It was first utilized on the
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10.
This initial version of the CF6...
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