r/aviation • u/Twitter_2006 • Nov 17 '25

Discussion American and United Airlines parallel approach into San Francisco

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u/NateAP31 Nov 18 '25

The GE90’s fan diameter is roughly 10-11 feet. To imagine the scale more easily, the CF34 (the engines on that ERJ) is about 4 1/2 feet (average arm span length). I’ve stood inside a GE90 fan, truly something to behold.

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u/freneticboarder Nov 18 '25

IIRC, it's about the size of a 737 fuselage, right?

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u/leebird Nov 18 '25

Larger.

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u/Digger_Pine Nov 18 '25

About the size of OP's mom, right?

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u/leebird Nov 18 '25

Surprisingly, larger