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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of flightPublication details: Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2010.Description: xviii, 527 p. : illOther title:
  • Engines of Pratt and Whitney
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 629.134/35 22
LOC classification:
  • TL703.P7 C58 2010eb
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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