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The 1968 Indianapolis 500 was the first to be won with a turbocharged engine, turbos winning on the fast oval track ever since. On twisty road race tracks, Porsche pioneered turbos in engines derived from the 1963 Porsche 911 which had an air-cooled flat six engine, just like the Chevrolet Corvair, but got turbocharged ten years later.
GE T64 turboprop, with the propeller on the left, the gearbox with accessories in the middle, and the gas generator (turbine) on the right. A turboprop is a gas turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.
Junkers Jumo 004, the first production turbojet in operational use.Note the starter pull-start handle housed in the center of the intake nose bullet. Diagram of a typical gas turbine jet engine Frank Whittle Hans von Ohain
Most turbomolecular pumps employ multiple stages, each consisting of a quickly rotating rotor blade and stationary stator blade pair. The system is an axial compressor that puts energy into the gas, rather than a turbine, which takes energy out of a moving fluid to create rotary power, thus "turbomolecular pump" is a misnomer.
Tupolev Tu-95. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 bomber and its derivatives (Tu-114 and Tu-142) as "the fastest propeller-driven aircraft in standard production form", with a maximum cruise speed of 925 km/h (575 mph; 499 kn) or Mach 0.82.
911 Turbo 50 Years production is capped at a fitting 1,974 units; MSRP starts at $261,100 before a $1,995 delivery fee, a premium of more than $30,000 over the standard 911 Turbo S.
The first turbo-diesel production car was the Mercedes-Benz 300SD (W116) saloon, which was sold in the United States from mid-1978 and powered by the OM617 five-cylinder engine. [25] A year later, the Peugeot 604 D Turbo became the first turbo-diesel car to be sold in Europe. Turbo-diesel cars began to be widely built and sold in Europe during ...
The Piaggio P.180 Avanti is an executive/VIP light transport aircraft, designed by Piaggio Aero and built in Italy.It features twin, wing-mounted turboprop engines, in a pusher configuration. [2]