The engines of Pratt & Whitney a technical history
Title:
The engines of Pratt & Whitney a technical history
Author:
Connors, Jack.
ISBN:
9781613440445
9781600867286
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Publication Information:
Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 527 p.) : ill.
Series:
Library of flight
Library of flight.
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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Electronic Access:
Knovel http://app.knovel.com/web/toc.v/cid:kpEPWATH01