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2. Woodward, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Woodward, Inc. is an American designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control systems and control system components (e.g. fuel pumps, engine controls, actuators, air valves, fuel nozzles, and electronics) for aircraft engines, industrial engines and turbines, power generation and mobile industrial equipment. The company also provides ...

3. Jihostroj - Wikipedia

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   JIHOSTROJ a.s., based in Velesin, Czech Republic, is a company that manufactures hydraulic and aircraft fuel pumps, as well as other components for the automotive and aircraft industry - particularly flight control units, propeller governors, and fuel pumps for Walter M601 turboprop engines.

4. Aircraft fuel system - Wikipedia

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   An aircraft fuel system allows the crew to pump, manage, and deliver aviation fuel to the propulsion system and auxiliary power unit (APU) of an aircraft. Fuel systems differ greatly due to different performance of the aircraft in which they are installed. A single-engine piston aircraft has a simple fuel system; a tanker (such as the KC-135 ...

5. Aero Engine Controls - Wikipedia

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   The company was originally part of Lucas Industries, responsible for producing fuel systems for aircraft. From 1938 the company produced fueling systems for World War II aircraft. [ 2 ] In August 1996 the company was merged, along with the rest of Lucas Industries, with the North American Varity Corporation to form LucasVarity . [ 3 ]

6. Aviation fuel - Wikipedia

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   An aviation fuel truck of Shell At some airports, underground fuel pipes allow refueling without the need for tank trucks. Trucks carry the necessary hoses and pumping equipment, but no fuel. Aviation fuels are petroleum-based fuels, or petroleum and synthetic fuel blends, used to power aircraft.

7. Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburetor - Wikipedia

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   The float is lifted upward by inertia, closing the fuel inlet valve as if the fuel bowl was full of fuel. Cutting off the fuel supply causes the fuel-air ratio to become greater than sixteen to one, which is then too lean for combustion to take place, stopping the engine. [10] [11] The inverse is also true when the aircraft is in inverted ...

8. Aircraft engine controls - Wikipedia

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   If the aircraft is equipped with a fuel pump: Fuel pressure gauge - Indicates the supply pressure of fuel to the carburetor (or in the case of a fuel-injected engine, to the fuel controller.) Fuel boost pump switch - Controls the operation of the auxiliary electric fuel pump to provide fuel to the engine before it starts or in case of failure ...

9. Category:Aerospace companies of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Aircraft manufacturers of the United States (17 C, 144 P, 1 F) Rocket engine manufacturers of the United States (10 C, 24 P) Aircraft component manufacturers of the United States (1 C, 20 P)