LEADER 03356nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910958582103321 005 20251116184549.0 010 $a1-60086-729-4 010 $a1-60086-728-6 010 $a1-61344-044-8 035 $a(CKB)3390000000018383 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000550783 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12200190 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000550783 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10509281 035 $a(PQKB)11740210 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3111680 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3111680 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10516785 035 $a(OCoLC)922979129 035 $a(BIP)27754414 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000018383 100 $a20090902d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe engines of Pratt & Whitney $ea technical history /$fJack Connors ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aReston, Va. $cAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics$dc2010 215 $axviii, 527 p. $cill 225 1 $aLibrary of flight 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-60086-711-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPre-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. 330 $aThe Engines of Pratt Whitney: A Technical History recounts the role played by Pratt Whitney (PW) in the evolution of aircraft engines from 1925 to the present timefor the most part as told by the engineers who made the history. A technical reference of all PW engines and their applications, the book describes the evolution of piston engines and gas turbines, and offers young engineers a wealth of insights about design, development, marketing, and product support efforts for customers at home and abroad. The first three chapters introduce the contributions of Frederick Rentschler, George Mead, and Leonard Hobbs, with stories of how each new piston engine came into being. From 19401945 PW committed its engineering efforts to winning World War II, but when the war was over, PW found itself on the outside of the gas turbine market, which was capably being served by General Electric and Westinghouse. How PW emerged from being five years behind the competition in 1945 to a positio 410 0$aLibrary of flight. 606 $aAirplanes$xMotors$xHistory 606 $aAircraft gas-turbines$xHistory 606 $aJet engines$xHistory 615 0$aAirplanes$xMotors$xHistory. 615 0$aAircraft gas-turbines$xHistory. 615 0$aJet engines$xHistory. 676 $a629.134/35 700 $aConnors$b Jack$01866301 701 $aAllen$b Ned$01866302 712 02$aAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958582103321 996 $aThe engines of Pratt & Whitney$94473679 997 $aUNINA