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  2. List of aircraft engines - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetical list of aircraft engines by manufacturer. Lists of aircraft; 0–Ah; Ai–Am ... Anzani 3-cylinder fan engines. Anzani 14 hp 85 mm × 85 mm (3 ...

  3. Curtiss P-40 Warhawk - Wikipedia

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    Testing showed the aircraft did not have the performance needed for use in Northwest Europe at high-altitude, due to the service ceiling limitation. Spitfires used in the theater operated at heights around 30,000 ft (9,100 m), while the P-40's Allison engine, with its single-stage, low altitude rated supercharger, worked best at 15,000 ft ...

  4. Curtiss P-40 Warhawk variants - Wikipedia

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    P-40L-10, 148 aircraft with electric aileron trim tabs and revised engine controls. P-40L-15, 112 aircraft with revised carburetor filters and signal lights. P-40L-20, 170 aircraft with radio and electrical system changes and provisions for an incendiary grenade. P-40L-25, 567 aircraft ordered, cancelled and never built.

  5. Ceiling (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    A typical value might be 100 ft/min (0.51 m/s) climb, [1] or on the order of 500 ft/min (2.5 m/s) climb for jet aircraft. The one-engine inoperative (OEI) service ceiling of a twin-engine, fixed-wing aircraft is the density altitude at which flying in a clean configuration, at the best rate of climb airspeed for that altitude with one engine ...

  6. Pratt & Whitney F119 - Wikipedia

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    YF119-PW-100L: Prototype engine for the YF-22; rated 30,000 lbf thrust class. YF119-PW-100N: Prototype engine for the YF-23; rated 30,000 lbf thrust class. F119-PW-100: Production engine for the F-22A with larger fan and increased bypass ratio (BPR) rated for 35,000 lbf thrust class. YF119-PW-611: Prototype engine for the X-35.

  7. Pratt & Whitney PW1000G - Wikipedia

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    The PW1500G variant, designed for the Airbus A220, became the first certified engine in 2013. The program cost is estimated at $10 billion. Unlike traditional turbofan engines where a single shaft connects all components, forcing them to operate at the same speed, the PW1000G has a gearbox between the fan and the low-pressure core. This allows ...

  8. Warbird - Wikipedia

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    Hawker Hurricane and T-6 Texan warbirds in flight over Finland. A warbird is any vintage military aircraft now operated by civilian organizations and individuals, or in some instances, by historic arms of military forces, such as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 100 Squadron, or the South African Air Force Museum Historic Flight.

  9. RFB/Grumman American Fanliner - Wikipedia

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    The RFB/Grumman American Fanliner was an experimental German light aircraft of the 1970s, propelled by a piston engine driving a ducted fan.A joint venture between the German company Rhein-Flugzeugbau (RFB) and the American general aviation manufacturer Grumman American, two examples were built, but no production followed.