The DC-8: The 1st Douglas Jetpowered Passenger Plane
In a test dive, the DC-8 became the first commercial transport ... engineers like Frank Whittle in the UK and Hans von Ohain ...
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What Is The Key Difference Between Turbojets & Turbofans?
It took less than 40 years from the first ... of a jet engine by Frank Whittle of England and Hans von Ohain of Germany in the late 1930s. While both engine types adhere to this cycle and follow the ...
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Airbus touts open-fan engines and folding wing designs for next narrowbody jet
Airbus is teasing technologies that could enable its next-generation single-aisle jet, including innovative engine and wing designs aimed at boosting efficiency. The Toulouse-based airframer ...
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First Blended Wing Body Aircraft in Decades to Fly With Pratt & Whitney Engines
Like everything else around us, aviation is changing too, and it does so at a rapid pace. From new ways to power the planes to new and more efficient shapes of airplanes' bodies, the biggest ...
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CT company in commercial and military aircraft business expanding operation and hiring
MTU Aero Engines designs, develops, manufactures, and supports commercial and military aircraft and industrial gas turbines.” Historic buildings in new CT neighborhood to become apartments.
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Chinese scientists build world’s first jet fuel-powered engine for Mach 16 flight
The world’s first oblique detonation engine (ODE) powered by standard aviation ... achieved sustained oblique detonation waves using RP-3 jet fuel, a common commercial kerosene.
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Shenzhen’s tech rival, China’s Mach 16 jet fuel engine: SCMP’s 7 highlights
The world’s first oblique detonation engine (ODE) powered by standard aviation kerosene has been successfully tested by Chinese scientists, marking a potential game-changer in hypersonic ...