Jet engines
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: LCSH web site: "Here are entered general works on jet engines and works on jet engines for aircraft."Variants: Airplanes -- Jet engines // Jet motors // Jet planes -- Motors.
Broader: Airplanes -- Motors // Motors.
Narrower: Airplanes--Ramjet engines // Airplanes--Turbine-propeller engines // Airplanes--Turbojet engines // Jet flaps (Airplanes).
Other: Here are entered general works on jet engines and works on jet engines for aircraft.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
"Dynamic Pressure and Thrust Characteristics of Cold Jets Discharging from Several Exhaust Nozzles Designed for VTOL Downwash Suppression" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2263), 1964-04
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.055
Identifier: 20060037
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report.
Purpose: Authoritative reference
Authority: Government Civil
Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2263, dated April 1964.
Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by C. C. Higgins and T. W. Wainwright of The Boeing Company, Renton, Washington, under NASA contract # NASw-461.
Contents: See title
Dates:
Publication: 1964-04
Fast Jets: The History of Reheat Development at Derby (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #5), 2001
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 114, Call No.: TL 709 .E43 2001
Identifier: 20160505
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #5.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and it is intended that a series shall...
Dates:
Publication: 2001
Jet Aircraft Power Systems (Third Edition), 1957
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 113, Call No.: TL 709 .C35 1965
Identifier: 20121108
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Authoritative reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1957
Jet Aircraft Simplified (1954 Edition), 1954 edition
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 159, Call No.: TL 709 .C5 1954
Identifier: 20121104
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training & Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope:From dust-jacket blurb: "JET AIRCRAFT SIMPLIFIED explains in a fascinating, step-by-step manner the basic principles and practical applications of the jet propulsion of aircraft. Among the many subjects discussed and illustrated with both line drawings and photographs are the discovery of jet propulsion, simple examples of...
Dates:
Publication: 1954 edition
Jet Engine... Accident Investigation, 1959, 1959
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 183, Call No.: TL 553.5 .G4
Identifier: 20121111
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference)Purpose: Authoritative referenceAuthority: ManufacturerScope: Written in 1959 by Charles W. Myers and Gerald B. Wagner of the Service Training School, Aircraft Gas Turbine Division, General Electric Company in 1959 for students of the GE schoolhouse.From the Introduction: "This manual has been written in an endeavor to equip investigators to analyze a turbojet power plant involved in an accident, to...
Dates:
Copyright: 1959; Publication: 1959