The engines of Pratt & Whitney a technical history /

Main Author: Connors, Jack.
Corporate Author: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Other Authors: Allen, Ned.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2010.
Series:Library of flight
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10516785
Table of Contents:
  • Pre-flight briefing
  • The early years
  • The later piston engine years
  • The piston engine experience
  • Transition to gas turbines
  • WWII ends and turbojet development begins
  • Birth of the tow-spool turbojet
  • Four more turbojets
  • Transition to turbofans
  • Higher and faster
  • Going commercial
  • Challenges and new turbofans
  • High-bypass fans
  • The modern era
  • Looking back 80 years
  • Appendix : Pratt & Whitney medallion.