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Connors, Jack.

The engines of Pratt & Whitney a technical history / [electronic resource] : Engines of Pratt and Whitney Jack Connors ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief. - Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2010. - xviii, 527 p. : ill. - Library of flight . - Library of flight. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Airplanes--Motors--History.
Aircraft gas-turbines--History.
Jet engines--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TL703.P7 / C58 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 629.134/35