Shun Tak–China Travel Ship Management Limited, doing business as TurboJET (Chinese: 噴射飛航), is a ferry company based in Hong Kong. The company was established from the joint venture between Shun Tak Holdings and China Travel International Investment Hong Kong in July 1999.[1] It operates hydrofoil and high-speed ferry services between Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai in the Pearl River Delta area.
TurboJET is one of the two companies operating high-speed ferry services between Hong Kong and Macau – the other one being Cotai Water Jet. TurboJET uses the IATA two-letter airline code 8S only for routes to and from Hong Kong International Airport.
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...
TurboJET is one of the two companies operating high-speed ferry services between Hong Kong and Macau – the other one being Cotai Water Jet. TurboJET uses...
Jetfoil 929-115-020 Princesse Stephanie of RMT Jetfoil 929-100-007 Urzela of TurboJET Jetfoil 929-115-019 Niji of Tōkai Kisen Boeing launched three Jetfoil 929-100...
A turbojet train is a train powered by turbojet engines. Like a jet aircraft, but unlike a gas turbine locomotive, the train is propelled by the jet thrust...
generator. The gases are then exhausted from the turbine. In contrast to a turbojet or turbofan, the engine's exhaust gases do not provide enough power to...
rocket.[citation needed] An afterburning turbojet or bypass engine can be described as transitioning from turbo to ramjet mode if it can attain a flight...
base Turbo-Fire 350 cu in (5.7 L) two-barrel, 270 hp (201 kW; 274 PS) for the Turbo-Fire 350-4V, and 300 hp (224 kW; 304 PS) for the Turbo-Jet 400. The...
(Terminal Marítimo) used by TurboJET on the Macau Peninsula. Cotai Water Jet is a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands. Cotai Water Jet has been assigned the two-letter...
water jet, and hybrid propulsion, the term jet engine typically refers to an internal combustion air-breathing jet engine such as a turbojet, turbofan...
user is Hong Kong private corp. Current operators of hydrofoils include: TurboJET service, which speeds passengers across the Pearl River Delta between Hong...
emergency power station in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The turbojet powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft, makes its first flight. 1940: Jendrassik...
was sold to Shun Tak–China Travel Ship Management Limited, the owner of TurboJET. That subsidiary has now been renamed. It operates the following routes:...
EuroJetTurbo GmbH is a multi-national engine manufacturing consortium. It is headquartered in Hallbergmoos, Germany. The consortium was created in 1986...
an axial-flow turbojet. In 1923, Edgar Buckingham of the US National Bureau of Standards published a report expressing scepticism that jet engines would...
is a combination of the preceding generation engine technology of the turbojet, and a reference to the additional fan stage added. It consists of a gas...
through a ducted fan. The original air-breathing gas turbine jet engine was the turbojet. It was a concept brought to life by two engineers, Frank Whittle...
The General Electric J47 turbojet (GE company designation TG-190) was developed by General Electric from its earlier J35. It first flew in May 1948. The...
The General Electric J85 is a small single-shaft turbojet engine. Military versions produce up to 3,500 lbf (16 kN) of thrust dry; afterburning variants...
development of a viable jet engine in 1928, and Hans von Ohain in Germany began work independently in the early 1930s. In August 1939 the turbojet powered Heinkel...
two small turbojetjet engines attached to his feet. Each turbojet provided approximately 160 N (16 kgf) of thrust and ran on kerosene (Jet A-1) fuel...
with a 1.4 Fire gasoline engine and 1.3 Multijet diesel engine. The 1.4 TurboJet engine with 120 PS, and the 1.6 diesel with 105 PS were the next models...
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