Every time you take a flight, you trust that the airplane's engines are ready to withstand tough conditions.
Afterall, when you're way up high, temperatures drop dramatically, no matter how warm or cold it is on the ground.
The Federal Aviation Administration requires that manufacturers run engines through a multitude of different weather tests, so GE built a testing facility in Winnipeg, Canada to run its jet engines through the gauntlet.
This is where GE runs its engines through a series of rigorous icing tests and extreme scenarios.
The site is 122,500 square feet and cost GE $50 million to build.
These seven fans can blow 2,800 pounds of cold air per second. That's gusts moving 65 mph.
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