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  2. Category:1970s turbojet engines - Wikipedia

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    1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s; Pages in category "1970s turbojet engines" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.

  3. Soloviev D-30 - Wikipedia

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    The engine was produced in 1970 through 1987 and was used on the Tu-134FA, Tu-134B, and Tu-134AK aircraft. [1] In 1980, the D-30 engine series III, a further improvement, was created with the maximum thrust of 6930 kgf (with preserving it at up to до = +C) [clarify]. The number of the engine compressor stages was increased to 5, the gas ...

  4. History of the jet engine - Wikipedia

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    Gas turbine engines, commonly called "jet" engines, could do that. The key to a practical jet engine was the gas turbine, used to extract energy from the engine itself to drive the compressor. The gas turbine was not an idea developed in the 1930s: the patent for a stationary turbine was granted to John Barber in England in 1791.

  5. Teledyne CAE J402 - Wikipedia

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    The Teledyne CAE J402 is an American small turbojet engine. Several variants have been developed to power unmanned air vehicles such as missiles and target drones. Developed in the 1970s for the Harpoon anti-ship missile, the J402 was the first jet engine to be designed as a "wooden round", meaning that the engine had to be able to sit for long periods without maintenance or inspection and ...

  6. Turbo-Union RB199 - Wikipedia

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    The Turbo-Union RB199 is a turbofan jet engine designed and built in the early 1970s by Turbo-Union, a joint venture between Rolls-Royce, MTU and Aeritalia. The only production application was the Panavia Tornado.

  7. Williams F107 - Wikipedia

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    The Williams F107 (company designation WR19) is a small turbofan engine made by Williams International.The F107 was designed to propel cruise missiles.It has been used as the powerplant for the AGM-86 ALCM, and BGM-109 Tomahawk, as well as the experimental Kaman KSA-100 SAVER and Williams X-Jet flying platform.

  8. Boeing 707 - Wikipedia

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    The 707-700 was a test aircraft used to study the feasibility of using CFM International CFM56 engines on a 707 airframe and possibly retrofitting existing aircraft with the engine. After testing in 1979, N707QT , the last commercial 707 airframe, was restored to 707-320C configuration and delivered to the Moroccan Air Force as a tanker ...

  9. Jet engine - Wikipedia

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    A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, ... The efficiency of turbojet engines was still rather worse than piston engines, but by the 1970s, ...