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Author Connors, Jack (Engineer)

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

Publication Info. Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, [2010]
©2010

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Reference Material  REF 629.1343 CONNORS    In-Library Use Only
Description xviii, 527 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Airplanes -- Motors -- History.
Aircraft gas-turbines -- History.
Jet engines -- History.
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group -- History.
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group. (OCoLC)fst00538255
Aircraft gas-turbines. (OCoLC)fst00802823
Airplanes -- Motors. (OCoLC)fst00803320
Jet engines. (OCoLC)fst00982398
Vliegtuigmotoren.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Allen, Ned.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
ISBN 9781600867118
1600867111
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