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111Frank Whittle — Infobox Person name = Frank Whittle image size = 300px caption = birth name = birth date = birth date|1907|6|1|df=y birth place = Earlsdon, Coventry, England. death date = death date and age|1996|8|9|1907|6|1|df=y death place = Columbia, Maryland …
112Lockheed J37 — The J37 (company designation L 1000) was the first turbojet engine designed in the United States. It was not considered very important when it was first introduced in the 1930s and development was allowed to languish. By the time it was developed …
113Turboexpander — A turboexpander, also referred to as a turbo expander or an expansion turbine, is a centrifugal or axial flow turbine through which a high pressure gas is expanded to produce work that is often used to drive a compressor. [cite book|author=Heinz… …
114Hans von Ohain — Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (December 14 1911ndash March 13 1998) was one of the inventors of jet propulsion. The engineers, Frank Whittle in the United Kingdom and Hans von Ohain in Germany, developed the concept independently during the late… …
115Heinkel HeS 8 — The HeS 8 (prefix being an abbreviation for Heinkel Strahltriebwerk Heinkel Jet Engine) was an early jet engine designed by Hans von Ohain while working at Heinkel. It was the first jet engine to be financially supported by the RLM, bearing the… …
116GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri — The GTRE GTX 35VS Kaveri is a low bypass ratio afterburning turbofan being developed by the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a lab under the DRDO in Bangalore, India. An indigenous Indian design, the Kaveri was intended to power… …
117Napier Nomad — Nomad Napier Nomad II Type Turbo compound aero engine National origin …
118Avro Canada Orenda — The TR 5 Orenda was Avro Canada s first production jet engine. Similar to other early jet engines in design, like the Rolls Royce Avon or General Electric J47, the Orenda nevertheless outperformed its rivals in most ways, and the Orenda powered… …
119Turboprop — A turboprop engine is a type of aircraft powerplant that uses a gas turbine engine to drive a propeller. The gas turbine is designed specifically for this application, with almost all of its output being used to drive the propeller. The engine s… …
120Junkers Jumo 004 — The Jumo 004 was the world s first turbojet engine in production and operational use, and the first successful axial compressor jet engine ever built. Some 8,000 units were manufactured by Junkers in Germany during late World War II and powered… …
