Jet Engine History
This country led the development of jet engines, while Germany was the first to use them in World War II.
What is Britain?
This law explains why a jet engine produces thrust: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s Third Law?
Jet engines allowed aircraft to fly much higher, requiring this feature to keep passengers comfortable.
What is pressurization?
This type of turbine engine is primarily used in helicopters.
What is a turboshaft engine?
This narrow-body jet from Boeing typically uses CFM56 or LEAP-1B engines.
What is the Boeing 737?
He registered the first patent for the turbojet engine in 1930.
Who is Sir Frank Whittle?
In a jet engine, these hot gases flow out the back, creating thrust in the opposite direction.
What is exhaust gases?
Jet engines made this design feature common on high-speed aircraft to reduce drag and improve performance.
What are swept wings?
Instead of producing thrust, a turboshaft engine transfers power to this component.
What is the rotor system?
he Airbus A320 family introduced this major cockpit innovation that the older Boeing 737 lacked.
What is digital fly-by-wire control?
This German engineer designed the first operational turbojet engine, which flew in 1939.
Who is Hans von Ohain?
Turbojets operate using these four basic steps, similar to a piston engine.
What are intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust?
The introduction of jet engines required this critical safety feature in fighter aircraft, designed to protect pilots during emergencies at high speeds and altitudes.
What is an ejection seat?
This type of turbine engine is most commonly found on commercial airliners.
What is a turbofan engine?
Unlike commercial airliners, fighter jets often use this type of turbofan engine for high thrust and agility.
What is a low-bypass afterburning turbofan?
This company built the first U.S. fighter jet, the XP-80 Shooting Star.
What is Lockheed?
These are the five primary sections of a turbojet engine.
What are air intake, compressor, combustion chamber, turbine, exhaust?
The introduction of jet engines changed warfare by enabling these two advantages over piston-engine aircraft.
What is superiority in speed and altitude?
This was the first type of gas turbine engine invented.
What is a turbojet engine?
The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine powers this fifth-generation stealth fighter.
What is the F-35 Lightning II?
This jet fighter was the only one to see combat in WWII.
What is the Me 262?
This component of a jet engine extracts energy from high-velocity exhaust gases to drive the compressor and other accessories, without significantly reducing thrust.
What is the turbine?
Commercial air travel became faster and more accessible because jet engines improved these two factors.
What are performance and cost efficiency?
In a turbofan engine, this airflow creates additional thrust and makes the engine quieter.
What is bypass air?
This Soviet interceptor carried the D-30F-6M engine, one of the most powerful fighter jet engines of its time.
What is the MiG-31?