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Jet Engines

Internal-combustion engines that propel aircraft
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With lift-fan system doors flung wide, the F-35B unstealthily approaches the assault ship Wasp during trials October 2011. The new fighter showed, 72 times, that it likes short takeoffs and vertical landings.

The Ultimate Fighter?

With the F-35, Lockheed Martin takes a turn trying to make one combat plane that can do everything.
February 2012 | By Richard Whittle

Viewport: Power Hungry

August 2011 | By J.R. Dailey

A&S Interview: Ray Puffer

The former Air Force historian asks, "Can anyone dispute that I had the most interesting job in the entire Air Force?"
May 2010 | By Perry Turner

The turbojet engine grew so reliable that passengers can now fly direct routes across the globe.

Moments-Milestones Old Faithful

May 2010 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

With highly trained engineers coming to the United States from abroad, chances are good that we’ll see more naturalized citizens in line for the Wright Trophy.

Moments and Milestones: The American Way

November 2009 | By George C. Larson, member, NAA

Tufts on the Jetwing fuselage and vertical stabilizer would reveal airflow patterns.

Oldies and Oddities: Blown Away

November 2009 | By Ken Scott

Craig Breedlove

Oldies and Oddities: The Bonneville Jet Wars

A California hot-rodder took on the feuding Arfons brothers in the 1960s.
March 2009 | By Preston Lerner

Thanks to the wonders of computer animation, Gerry Merrill

Who Says a Jet Can't Be Cheap?

Gerry Merrill says he can build you one for $150,000.
March 2008 | By David Noland

An F/A-18 Hornet lights its afterburners to leap from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

How Things Work - Afterburners

Jets get no kick from champagne, but a little fuel in the tailpipe...
July 2007 | By Damond Benningfield

Flameout

Why the fire in a perfectly healthy jet engine can die.
September 2006 | By Peter Garrison

Cessna’s T-37 was dubbed “Tweety Bird” for its shrill Teledyne CAE J-69s.

The Little Engine That Couldn't

The new Eclipse 500 lightjet will no doubt make a lot of customers happy
November 2005 | By David Noland

First Church of Combustion

Never operate your airplane engine lean of peak exhaust gas temperature. These guys aren't buyin' it.
July 2004 | By George C. Larson

Supporting Cast

In which we survey the variety of objects to which a jet engine can be affixed.
May 2004 | By Roger A. Mola

In a flash, military aircraft adopted the turbojet, and propellers were out. Favorites like the North American T-6 trainer were retired.

Defining Moments

The inventions, institutions, gadgets, and lucky breaks that have shaped the story of the airplane.
March 2003 | By Roger Bilstein

Outback Scramjet

A University of Queensland lab has supersonic success.
November 2002 | By Luba Vangelova

Flights & Fancy: The Western Canadian Ramjet Co.

May 2000 | By Gordon J. Twa


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