General Electric CF6

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high-bypass turbofan turbofan engine

The General Electric CF6 is a widely used high-bypass turbofan aircraft engine that powers numerous commercial and military wide-body airliners.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
General Electric CF6 canonical	14
General Electric CF6-80C2	2
GE CF6 family	1
General Electric CF6-50	1
General Electric CF6-6	1
General Electric CF6-80	1
General Electric CF6-80C2 (C-5M)	1
General Electric CF6-80C2B1	1
General Electric CF6-80C2D1F	1
General Electric CF6-80C2K1F	1
General Electric CF6-80E1	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1070722 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: General Electric CF6
Context triple: [Boeing 767, engineType, General Electric CF6]

A. General Electric F404
The General Electric F404 is a family of afterburning turbofan jet engines widely used in modern fighter aircraft for their reliability, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and ease of maintenance.
B. General Electric CF34-10E
The General Electric CF34-10E is a high-bypass turbofan engine developed by GE Aviation to power modern regional jets, particularly optimized for efficiency, reliability, and low emissions.
C. Pratt & Whitney PW2000
The Pratt & Whitney PW2000 is a high-bypass turbofan engine family widely used on medium-range commercial and military transport aircraft.
D. Pratt & Whitney PW4000
The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines widely used on large commercial wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747, 767, and Airbus A330.
E. Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that powered early wide-body airliners and was notably used on the original Boeing 747 series.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: General Electric CF6
Target entity description: The General Electric CF6 is a widely used high-bypass turbofan aircraft engine that powers numerous commercial and military wide-body airliners.

A. General Electric F404
The General Electric F404 is a family of afterburning turbofan jet engines widely used in modern fighter aircraft for their reliability, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and ease of maintenance.
B. General Electric CF34-10E
The General Electric CF34-10E is a high-bypass turbofan engine developed by GE Aviation to power modern regional jets, particularly optimized for efficiency, reliability, and low emissions.
C. Pratt & Whitney PW2000
The Pratt & Whitney PW2000 is a high-bypass turbofan engine family widely used on medium-range commercial and military transport aircraft.
D. Pratt & Whitney PW4000
The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines widely used on large commercial wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747, 767, and Airbus A330.
E. Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that powered early wide-body airliners and was notably used on the original Boeing 747 series.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-bypass turbofan ⓘ turbofan engine ⓘ
application	Airbus A300 ⓘ Airbus A310 ⓘ Airbus A330 ⓘ Boeing 747 ⓘ Boeing 767 ⓘ Boeing 767-based tanker variants ⓘ linked to: Boeing KC-46 Pegasus Boeing E-4 ⓘ Boeing KC-10 Extender ⓘ linked to: KC-10 Extender Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (re-engined variants) ⓘ linked to: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ⓘ McDonnell Douglas MD-11 ⓘ
bypassRatio	high bypass ratio ⓘ
certificationAuthority	EASA ⓘ FAA ⓘ linked to: Federal Aviation Administration
compressorType	axial-flow compressor ⓘ
configuration	two-spool turbofan ⓘ
cooling	air-cooled turbine blades ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
derivativeOf	General Electric TF39 ⓘ
family	GE CF6 family ⓘ linked to: General Electric CF6
fanType	single-stage fan ⓘ
firstRun	1971 ⓘ
fuelType	aviation kerosene ⓘ
introduced	early 1970s ⓘ
manufacturer	General Electric Aviation ⓘ linked to: GE Aviation
marketRole	one of the most widely used high-bypass turbofans ⓘ
notableFeature	ETOPS-capable variants ⓘ high reliability in long-haul service ⓘ
notableVariant	CF6-50 ⓘ CF6-6 ⓘ CF6-80A ⓘ CF6-80C2 ⓘ CF6-80E1 ⓘ linked to: CF6-80E1A3
relatedEngine	General Electric CF34 ⓘ linked to: General Electric CF34-10E General Electric GE90 ⓘ
sector	civil aviation ⓘ military aviation ⓘ
status	in service ⓘ
successor	General Electric GEnx ⓘ
thrustRange	approximately 40,000 to 70,000 lbf ⓘ
usedFor	commercial aircraft propulsion ⓘ military transport aircraft propulsion ⓘ wide-body airliners ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boeing 767 → engineType → General Electric CF6 ⓘ

Airbus A310 → engineOption → General Electric CF6 ⓘ

Airbus A330 → engineOption → General Electric CF6 ⓘ

Airbus Beluga → engineModel → General Electric CF6 ⓘ

C-5 Galaxy → engineModel → General Electric CF6-80C2 (C-5M) ⓘ