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History of the jet engine

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Jet engines can be dated back to the invention of the aeolipile around 150 BC. This device used steam power directed through two nozzles so as to cause...

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Jet engine

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A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this...

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Airbreathing jet engine

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An airbreathing jet engine (or ducted jet engine) is a jet engine in which the exhaust gas which supplies jet propulsion is atmospheric air, which is...

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Access Database Engine

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The Access Database Engine (also Office Access Connectivity Engine or ACE and formerly Microsoft Jet Database Engine, Microsoft JET Engine or simply Jet)...

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Jet engine performance

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A jet engine performs by converting fuel into thrust. How well it performs is an indication of what proportion of its fuel goes to waste. It transfers...

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History of the internal combustion engine

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world's first jet aircraft by 1939, followed by the first ramjet engine in 1949 and the first scramjet engine in 2004. Before 100 AD: The fire piston is...

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Jet pack

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webcomic in which the cast of characters make regular use of jet packs. Technology portal Backpack helicopter History of the jet engine Jetpack man Martin...

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Jet airliner

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powered by jet engines (passenger jet aircraft). Airliners usually have two or four jet engines; three-engined designs were popular in the 1970s but are...

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Pulsejet

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A pulsejet engine (or pulse jet) is a type of jet engine in which combustion occurs in pulses. A pulsejet engine can be made with few or no moving parts...

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Precooled jet engine

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A precooled jet engine is a concept that enables jet engines with turbomachinery, as opposed to ramjets, to be used at high speeds. Precooling restores...

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Trijet

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trijet is a jet aircraft powered by three jet engines. In general, passenger airline trijets are considered to be second-generation jet airliners, due...

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Turbofan

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type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of the preceding generation engine technology...

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Jet Ski

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Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft (PWC) manufactured by Kawasaki, a Japanese company. The term is often used generically to refer to any...

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Ramjet

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A ramjet is a form of airbreathing jet engine that requires forward motion of the engine to provide air for combustion. Ramjets work most efficiently...

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Jet aircraft

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A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines. Whereas the engines in propeller-powered...

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Jet fuel

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gas-turbine engines. It is colorless to straw-colored in appearance. The most commonly used fuels for commercial aviation are Jet A and Jet A-1, which...

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Tip jet

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conventional jet engine, except that instead of reheating a gas jet, they serve as the primary heater, creating greater thrust than the flow of pre-compressed...

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Turbojet

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The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine...

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Afterburner

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jet engines, mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to increase thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff, and combat. The...

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Turboprop

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and Cross, R.The Jet Aircraft of the World (1955). London: MacDonald Gunston, Bill (2006). The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines, 4th Edition...

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List of aircraft engines

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Gemeinschaftsentwicklungen [Aircraft engines and jet engines. Development history of the German aviation engines from the beginnings to the European community developments]...

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Jet Age

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The Jet Age is a period in the history of aviation defined by the advent of aircraft powered by jet turbine engines and the social and cultural changes...

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Frank Whittle

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at the time. Whittle's jet engines were developed some years earlier than those of Germany's Hans von Ohain, who designed the first-to-fly (but never...

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International Aero Engines

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commercial jet engine program in aviation history. At one stage, IAE was also engaged in the development of the SuperFan, a geared turbofan derived from the V2500;...

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Cirrus Vision SF50

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The Cirrus Vision SF50, also known as the Vision Jet, is a single-engine very light jet designed and produced by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota...

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History of the steam engine

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The first recorded rudimentary steam engine was the aeolipile mentioned by Vitruvius between 30 and 15 BC and, described by Heron of Alexandria in 1st-century...

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Yamaha SuperJet

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one of the most successful stand-up personal watercraft ever made. All SuperJets, including the engine, are hand-built in Japan. Credit for the design...

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