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Russian Piston Aero Engines. The Crowood Press Ltd.. 2005. Marlborough. ISBN 1-86126-702-9. Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983.
The General Electric J85 is a small single-shaft turbojet engine. Military versions produce up to 3,500 lb f (16 kN) of thrust dry; afterburning variants can reach up to 5,000 lb f (22 kN). The engine, depending upon additional equipment and specific model, weighs from 300 to 500 pounds (140 to 230 kg). It is one of GE's most successful and ...
Rolls-Royce aircraft gas turbine engines (53 P) Rolls-Royce aircraft piston engines (21 P) Rotron aircraft engines (2 P)
In 1995, it was discovered that failures in a servo unit supplied by Parker Hannifin to Boeing for use in their 737 aircraft may have contributed to several accidents and incidents, including the crashes of United Airlines Flight 585 and USAir Flight 427. [41] [42]
British Airways Flight 268 was a regularly scheduled flight from Los Angeles to London Heathrow. On February 20, 2005, the innermost left engine burst into flames triggered by an engine compressor stall almost immediately after takeoff. The Boeing 747-400 continued to fly across the United States, Canada, and the Atlantic Ocean with its three ...
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight . [ 1 ] Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines , although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many small UAVs have used ...
The UK-headquartered Rolls-Royce Group is the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines (behind General Electric). [102] [103] It has over 50,000 employees, of whom about 23,000 are based in the United Kingdom. [66] In 2014, Rolls-Royce purchased the 50% Daimler had in the R-R engine business, paying 2'430 million € for it.
B. Hick and Sons. Barclay Curle. Blackstone & Co. Boulton and Watt. British Polar Engines. British Racing Motors. British Seagull. John Brown & Company.