While it's fairly common knowledge to enthusiasts that the first jet fighter was the speedy Messerschmitt Me 262, introduced in 1944, the invention of the turbine jet itself may not be as widely known ...

Frank Whittle: Invention of the jet by Andrew Nahum, Icon Books, £9.99, ISBN 1840465387 Reviewed by Roy Herbert THERE are surprises in the first few pages here. When Air Marshal Hugh Dowding, ...

Aircraft noise is serious problem for the aviation industry, particularly during take off and landing near urban areas. Jet engines are a major source of that noise. Now, though, Dimitri Papamoschou ...

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