The engines of Pratt & Whitney a technical history /

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Autor Principal: Connors, Jack
Corporate Authors: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, ebrary, Inc
Outros autores: Allen, Ned
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2010.
Series:Library of flight.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pre-flight briefing
  • The early years
  • The later piston engine years
  • The piston engine experience
  • Transition to gas turbines
  • WWII ends and turbojet development begins
  • Birth of the tow-spool turbojet
  • Four more turbojets
  • Transition to turbofans
  • Higher and faster
  • Going commercial
  • Challenges and new turbofans
  • High-bypass fans
  • The modern era
  • Looking back 80 years
  • Appendix : Pratt & Whitney medallion.