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  2. Components of jet engines - Wikipedia

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    The propelling nozzle converts a gas turbine or gas generator into a jet engine. Power available in the gas turbine exhaust is converted into a high speed propelling jet by the nozzle. The power is defined by typical gauge pressure and temperature values for a turbojet of 20 psi (140 kPa) and 1,000 °F (538 °C). [18]

  3. List of aircraft engine manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Superior Air Parts; Svenska Flygmotor — Sweden; Szekely Aircraft & Engine Co — US; T ... Thermo-Jet Standard Inc. Thielert — Germany; Thomas Aeromotor Co Inc;

  4. Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 - Wikipedia

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    On September 6, 1985, Flight 105 was a Midwest Express Airlines flight scheduled to be operated using a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner (registration N100ME).

  5. Jet engine - Wikipedia

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    Jet engines have propelled high speed cars, particularly drag racers, with the all-time record held by a rocket car. A turbofan powered car, ThrustSSC, currently holds the land speed record. Jet engine designs are frequently modified for non-aircraft applications, as industrial gas turbines or marine powerplants. These are used in electrical ...

  6. Pratt & Whitney J58 - Wikipedia

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    The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. It was an afterburning turbojet engine with a unique compressor bleed to the afterburner that gave increased thrust at high speeds.

  7. Cessna Citation family - Wikipedia

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    The Cessna Citation is a family of business jets manufactured by Cessna that entered service in 1972. [1] In the fifty years following the type's first flight in 1969, more than 7,500 Citations were delivered, forming the largest business jet fleet in the world. [2]

  8. Winds top 100mph as Storm Eowyn causes travel disruption and ...

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    ESB Networks in Ireland and NIE Networks say they expect significant further outages as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the island, with 725,000 customers affected in the Republic and ...

  9. Pratt & Whitney JT9D - Wikipedia

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    The Pratt & Whitney JT9D engine was the first high bypass ratio jet engine to power a wide-body airliner. [2] Its initial application was the Boeing 747-100 , the original "Jumbo Jet". It was Pratt & Whitney 's first high-bypass-ratio turbofan.