A company called General Electric has begun testing the world’s largest jet engine in flight trials, the company said on Wednesday.

A special Boeing 747 test aircraft flew on Tuesday from Victorville, California, with the new E9X engine mounted under its left wing, dwarfing the plane’s three other engines.

The flight will mark the beginning of a flight-test campaign scheduled to last for several months, before the aircraft itself takes to the skies in the first quarter of next year.

During Tuesday’s flight, Engineers completed their test list and ensured that the key characteristics were working properly, General Electric said in a statement confirming the flight.

The huge Powerplant – as wide and tall as the fuselage of a Boeing 737 – is being built for the latest version of Boeing Co’s long-haul 777, the 777X, which is due to enter service in 2020.

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