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The Evolution of Jet Engines
The jet engine is a complex propulsion device which draws in air by
means of an intake, compresses it, heats it by means of an internal combustion
engine, which when expelled it turns a turbine to produce thrust, resulting in a
force sufficient enough to propell the aircraft in the opposite direction
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.... twice the speed of
sound. Also air force bombers and transports were able to reach and cruise at
supersonic speeds(Silverstein 56-70). In the late 1950's civil transcontinental
jet services started with the Comet 4 and the Boeing 707. In the mid 1960's all
major jet manufacturing companies revised their present engines with new
materials such as aircraft aluminium which made them lighter and turbine changes
so they could compress the air at a much higher pressure so the engine can
produce much more thrust.The first supersonic airliner is the twin turbojet
Concor ....
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