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The Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech" is an American experimental turboprop aircraft derived from the F-84F Thunderstreak.Powered by a turbine engine that was mated to a supersonic propeller, the XF-84H had the potential of setting the unofficial air speed record for propeller-driven aircraft, but was unable to overcome aerodynamic deficiencies and engine reliability problems, resulting in the ...
The Cessna 441 Conquest II is the first turboprop powered aircraft designed by Cessna and was meant to fill the gap between their jets and piston-engined aircraft. It was developed in November 1974, with the first aircraft delivered in September 1977. It is a pressurized, 8–9 passenger turbine development of the Cessna 404 Titan.
It was also the first four-engined turboprop. Its first flight was on 16 July 1948. The world's first single engined turboprop aircraft was the Armstrong Siddeley Mamba-powered Boulton Paul Balliol, which first flew on 24 March 1948. [32] The Kuznetsov NK-12 is the most powerful turboprop to enter service
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 November 2024. British four-engined medium-range turboprop airliner, 1948 Viscount Cambrian Airways Vickers Viscount General information Type Turboprop airliner National origin United Kingdom Manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs Status Retired Primary users British European Airways Capital Airlines Trans ...
[editorializing] The He 178 was the world's first turbojet-powered aircraft to fly. [17] The world's first turboprop was the Jendrassik Cs-1 designed by the Hungarian mechanical engineer György Jendrassik. It was produced and tested in the Ganz factory in Budapest between 1938 and 1942. It was planned to fit to the Varga RMI-1 X/H twin-engined ...
The XP-81 first flew in December 1945, the first aircraft to use a combination of turboprop and turbojet power. The XC-113, with T31 in the No. 2 position. The T31 engine was the first American turboprop engine to power an aircraft. [5] It made its initial flight in the Consolidated Vultee XP-81 on 21 December 1945.
1930: Frank Whittle submitted his first patent for a turbojet engine. June 1939: Heinkel He 176 is the first successful aircraft to fly powered solely by a liquid-fueled rocket engine. August 1939: Heinkel HeS 3 turbojet propels the pioneering German Heinkel He 178 aircraft. 1940: Jendrassik Cs-1, the world's first run of a turboprop engine. It ...
A Rolls-Royce Trent turboprop on display at the Science Museum (London) Type Turboprop: Manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited: First run June 1944 Major applications: Gloster Meteor F.1 (Trent variant) Developed from: Rolls-Royce Derwent: Developed into: Rolls-Royce Clyde