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The Progress and Economics of the Aero-Engine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

M. Garnier*
Affiliation:
SNECMA

Extract

Since they were introduced at the end of the Second World War, aircraft turbojets, with which the name of Sir Frank Whittle must be associated, were in fact the object of considerable progress in terms of performance improvement, although this was achieved at the cost of an increased complexity.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1971 

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References

The 15th Sir Henry Royce Memorial Lecture given to the Derby Branch of the Society on Monday 2nd November, 1970.