Three power plants available for this type of aircraft: reciprocating engine compounded with turbosupercharger, turboprop, and pure jet; analysis of relative merits; it is concluded that if United States is to keep air supremacy, it is imperative that industry start immediately to develop turboprop transport planes for fast, long range service and pure jet transports for shorter ranges at still higher speeds.


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    Title :

    Propulsion analysis for long-range transport airplanes


    Additional title:

    Aeronautical Eng Rev


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    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1950


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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