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Jet Propulsion

Jet Propulsion. Reaction Engine Hero Of Alexandria - 3rd Century BC Steam Turbine Development Italian Engineer - Giovanni Branca (1629) Steam Jet Against Turbine Wheel Gas Turbine British Inventor - John Barber (1791) First Patent Jet-Propelled Biplane

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Jet Propulsion

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  1. Jet Propulsion • Reaction Engine • Hero Of Alexandria - 3rd Century BC • Steam Turbine Development • Italian Engineer - Giovanni Branca (1629) • Steam Jet Against Turbine Wheel • Gas Turbine • British Inventor - John Barber (1791) • First Patent • Jet-Propelled Biplane • French Scientist - Henri Marie Coanda • Took Off And Flew Under Own Power

  2. Frank Whittle - Britain • Patent - 1930 • First Practical Form Of Modern Gas Turbine • Publsihed - 1932 • First Engine • Development - 1935/6 • Test - 1939 • W-1 Turbojet Engine • Shipped To US • First Flight - May 15, 1941 • Gloster E.28/38 • Shipped To US • National A & S Museum

  3. Hans Pabst von Ohain - Germany • Better Climate In Germany • Better Engine Than Whittle’s • First Flight - August 27, 1939 • National Air & Space Museum

  4. German WW II Jets • Hans von Ohain’ First Flight • HeS 3b Engine In He 178 Plane • 360 mph • Engine • Inside Fuselage • Behind Wing • ME 262 • Twin Engine • 1944 • 525 mph At 40,000 feet • Arado Ar 234 Bomber • Four Jet Engines • All Destroyed By Allied Bombers

  5. Jet Engines

  6. Bell XS-1 • Speed Of Sound • Rocket Powered • October 14, 1947 • Chuck Yeager • Freak Machine • Non Swept Wings

  7. Jet Airliners • First Jet-Powered Airliner • British De Havilland Comet I • First Flight - 1949, Service - 1952 • Structural Difficiencies - Withdrawn From Service 1954 • Boeing 707 - 1958 • Over 1000 Built • Mach 0.82 At 30,000 feet

  8. Historical Events • First Free Flight By Humans • Montgolfiere Balloon - 1783 • First Powered Flight • Orville Wright - December 17, 1903 • Flew English Channel • Louis Bleriot - July 25, 1909 • First Successful Helicopter Flights • Heinrich Focke - 1936 • Igor Sikorsky - 1939

  9. Historical Events • First Military Operations • Italo-Turkish War - 1911/12 • World War I • Germany - 300 Planes • England - 100 Planes • First Aerial Bombardment • Cologne - December 8, 1914

  10. Historical Events • Crossing Atlantic - Newfoundland To Galway • Alcock & Brown - 1919 • Crossing Atlantic - New York To Paris • Charles Lindburg “Spirit Of St. Louis” - 1927 • Round The World • American Douglas - 1924 • North Pole (South) • Richard Byrd - 1926 (1929) • Hindenburg Disaster • Lakehurst - May 6, 1937

  11. Historical Events • World War II • Whittle & Ohain - Jet Engine • Sound Barrier • Chuck Yeager “Bell XS-1” - October 14, 1947 • Mach 1 - Level Flight • North American F-100 - 1953 • Mach 2 - Level Flight • Lockheed F-104 - 1958 • Mach 1 - Level Flight • Lockheed A-11 - 1963

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