Jet Engines
Internal-combustion engines that propel aircraft
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
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
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
Who Says a Jet Can't Be Cheap?
Gerry Merrill says he can build you one for $150,000.
March 2008 |
By David Noland
How Things Work - Afterburners
Jets get no kick from champagne, but a little fuel in the tailpipe...
July 2007 |
By Damond Benningfield
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
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
