The engines of Pratt & Whitney [[electronic resource] ] : a technical history / / Jack Connors ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief
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| Autore: |
Connors Jack
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| Titolo: |
The engines of Pratt & Whitney [[electronic resource] ] : a technical history / / Jack Connors ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief
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| Pubblicazione: | Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | xviii, 527 p. : ill |
| Disciplina: | 629.134/35 |
| Soggetto topico: | Airplanes - Motors - History |
| Aircraft gas-turbines - History | |
| Jet engines - History | |
| Altri autori: |
AllenNed
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The engines of Pratt & Whitney |
| ISBN: | 1-60086-729-4 |
| 1-60086-728-6 | |
| 1-61344-044-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821638103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Library of flight.