Variation of aircraft size for various ranges; size for particular routes; conclusion reached that, compared with turboprop, direct operating costs of turbojet are 23% higher and those of ducted fan aircraft 8 to 10% higher; in future, aircraft fitted with turboprops will form substantial proportion of all air lines; tables, charts. Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture. (See also Roy Aeronautical Soc -- J v 58 n 524 Aug 1954 p 523-40; Engineering v 177 n 4609 May 28 1954 p 683-4; Flight v 65 n 2365, 2366 May 21 1954 p 638-9, May 28 p 701-4)


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    Title :

    Choice of power units for civil aeroplanes


    Additional title:

    Aeroplane


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aeroplane ; 86 , n 2236


    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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