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61Combustor — Flame stabilized by cyclone. A combustor is a component or area of a gas turbine, ramjet, or scramjet engine where combustion takes place. It is also known as a burner, combustion chamber or flame holder. In a gas turbine engine, the combustor or …
62Avrocar — infobox Aircraft name =VZ 9 AV Avrocar type =experimental proof of concept vehicle manufacturer =Avro Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) caption = The Avrocar S/N 58 7055 (marked AV 7055 ) on its rollout. designer =John Frost first flight =12 November 1959… …
63Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 — The PT6, manufactured by Pratt Whitney Canada, is the most popular turboprop aircraft engine in history. [ [http://www.utc.com/profile/facts/history.htm United Technologies history] ] It is produced in a wide variety of models, covering the power …
64Rolls-Royce Gnome — Gnome Rolls Royce Gnome at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Type Turboshaft Manufac …
65Cheng Xu — Dr. Cheng Xu is a Chinese American aerodynamic design engineer. He is an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow and a member of Technical Committee on Energy and Power Systems, IASTED.[1] Xu has made important contributions to the… …
66Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D — The JT15D is a small turbofan engine built by Pratt Whitney Canada. It was introduced in 1971 at convert|2200|lbf|abbr=on thrust, and has since undergone a series of upgrades to just over convert|3000|lbf|kN|abbr=on thrust in the latest versions …
67History of the internal combustion engine — Various scientists and engineers contributed to the development of internal combustion engines: [ Otto engines running at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (WMSTR), in Rollag, Minnesota. (2min 16sec, 320x240, 340kbps video)] *1206: Al …
68Mechanical fan — Household electric box fan with a propeller style blade A mechanical fan is a machine used to create flow within a fluid, typically a gas such as air. A fan consists of a rotating arrangement of vanes or blades which act on the air. Usually, it… …
69R&D Dynamics — was founded in 1990. The company’s founder Dr. Giri Agrawal pioneered the design and development of high speed rotating machines supported on air/gas foil bearings for the Air cycle machine in the 70’s and 80’s while working at Honeywell and… …
70Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst von — ▪ 1999 German aeronautical engineer (b. Dec. 14, 1911, Dessau, Ger. d. March 13, 1998, Melbourne, Fla.), designed the HeS3b, the turbojet engine that powered the experimental first jet aircraft, the He178, on its historic maiden flight on… …
