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51Turbofan — [ CFM56 3 turbofan, lower half, side view.] A turbofan is a type of jet engine, similar to a turbojet. It essentially consists of a ducted fan with a smaller diameter turbojet engine mounted behind it that powers the fan. Part of the airstream… …
52SpaceShipOne — Space Ship One redirects here. For the album by Paul Gilbert, see Space Ship One (album). SpaceShipOne …
53NASA X-43 — NASA technicians working on the X 43A at the tip of a Pegasus rocket mounted to a Boeing B 52B prior to launch on March 27, 2004. The X 43 is an unmanned experimental hypersonic aircraft with multiple planned scale variations meant to test… …
54Lift (force) — For other uses, see Lift. Boeing 747 8F landing A fluid flowing past the surface of a body exerts a surface force on it. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the …
55Northrop M2-F2 — M2 F2 Role Lifting body Technology Demonstrator National origin United States Manufacturer …
56List of military aircraft of the United States — This list of military aircraft of the United States includes prototype, pre production and operational types. For aircraft in service, see the List of active United States military aircraft. Prototypes are normally prefixed with X and are often… …
57fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …
58Computational Aeroacoustics — While the discipline of Aeroacoustics is definitely dated back to the first publication of Sir James Lighthill[1][2] in the early 1950s, the origin of Computational Aeroacoustics can only very likely be dated back to the middle of the 1980s.… …
59Ames Research Center — Ames Research Center …
60V speeds — A single engine Cessna 150L s airspeed indicator indicating its V speeds. In aviation, V speeds are standard terms used to define airspeeds important or useful to the operation of all aircraft including fixed wing aircraft, gliders, autogiros,… …
