Why Aren't Jet Engines Equipped With Screens To Prevent Bird Strikes?
Capt. Sully Sullenberger became a hero when he landed a jet airliner in the Hudson River after a bird strike. Why don't they ...
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Mechanic Dead After Being Sucked into Plane’s Engine While Trying to Retrieve Tool: Reports
Getty A mechanic died after he was sucked into a plane's engine, according to multiple reports. The man, identified as Abolfazl Amiri, was performing routine maintenance at Iran's Chabahar Konarak ...
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Scientist says he's built a jet engine that turns electricity directly into thrust
The jet engine prototype can lift a one-kilogram steel ball over a 24-millimeter diameter quartz tube. There, the high-pressure air passes through a microwave ionization chamber, which converts it ...
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Sir Frank Whittle and the jet engine
Sir Frank Whittle describes the invention of the jet engine. Sir Frank Whittle was ... In 1923 he joined the Royal Air Force as a trainee mechanic and in 1926 he attended the RAF college at ...