Aeronautics -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variations: Aviation--History
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion for Aircraft (Fourth Edition), 1946
Item — Book 085, Book: 000
Identifier: 20180014
Abstract
AUTHOR'S NOTE In the comparatively short space of five years, the turbine power unit has established itself on military types, and its employment is now being extended to civil aircraft. Already the modern gas turbine is available in units of far greater power than are obtainable with orthodox reciprocating engines. After the successful early stage of development of turbine-jet units, the industry is now engaged on a second phase comprising turbines driving air-screws, which give improved...
Dates:
Publication: 1946
James Croley Smith Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-28
Content Description
Sketches of historic buildings in Athens, Alabama. Aviation history. Tennessee history. Profiles of James Croley Smith.
Dates:
1989 - 2006