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Thinking about Aircraft Engines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. A. Lombard*
Affiliation:
Aero Division, Rolls-Royce Limited

Extract

We all recognise that the aircraft turbine engine has permitted a revolution in aircraft design and performance, opening up avenues of progress which were not practicable with other forms of propulsion. The question that is asked is, what further progress is possible with aircraft turbine engines and what are the major problems which are likely to be encountered on the way?

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1958

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