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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789084403321

Autore

Connors Jack

Titolo

The engines of Pratt & Whitney [[electronic resource] ] : a technical history / / Jack Connors ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2010

ISBN

1-60086-729-4

1-60086-728-6

1-61344-044-8

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 527 p. : ill

Collana

Library of flight

Altri autori (Persone)

AllenNed

Disciplina

629.134/35

Soggetti

Airplanes - Motors - History

Aircraft gas-turbines - History

Jet engines - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.