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...extra speed cost enormous effort. The P-80R, though designed as a practical military airplane rather than a souped-up racing job, is a refinement of Lockheed's P-80 (Shooting Star). It has a thinner, broader wing, a smaller canopy than the original model. Its Allison 400 turbojet engine develops a take-off thrust of 4,600 Ibs. Half of this tremendous power is soaked up in attaining the last 70 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: At the Barrier | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

...nine other new planes now going into production. But the smooth ride has not lulled Rentschler and friends into thinking there may not be rough air ahead, stirred up by jet engines. Two months ago, United acquired the right to build and sell Rolls-Royce's turbojet engine, the Nene. In addition, P. & W. is developing its own jet motor. If, and when, reciprocating engines become obsolete, United intends to be ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Prize for Conservatism | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

Power supply is no problem. Colonel McCutcheon describes the various reaction engines which will power guided missiles, at least until atomic propulsion is perfected. Best known is the familiar turbojet. A compressor draws air through the engine's nose. Burning fuel heats and expands it. The hot blast roars out the tail at over 1,000 miles an hour, giving a mighty push. Before the gases reach the open, they spin a turbine, which powers the compressor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Push-Button War | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

...inventor of the turbojet engine walked off the Queen Elizabeth last week, on his way to receive the U.S. Legion of Merit. Slim, smart Air Commodore Frank Whittle of the R.A.F. was brimming (in a reserved, don't-spill-a-drop British manner) with enthusiasm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Jeticicm | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

Visibility was little more than a mile when Colonel William H. Councill sent his pencil-slim Lockheed P-80 fighter whooshing down the runway at Long Beach, Calif. With its turbojet propulsion, the Shooting Star could cover a mile in six seconds. Councill climbed out of the mists, turned on his oxygen, headed for New York. Cities seven miles beneath him began to flash past: La Junta, Colo. (870 miles) in 1 hr. 38 min.; Salina, Kans. (1,190 miles) in 2 hr. 9 min.; Chanute Field, Ill. (1,700 miles) in 3 hr. 2 min. A tail wind pushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: Faster, Faster! | 2/4/1946 | See Source »

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