Aero Linx: Jet Engines (US
Centennial Of Flight Comm.)
Before World War II, in 1939, jet engines existed only as
laboratory items for test. But at the end of the war, in 1945, it
was clear that the future of aviation lay with jets. The new
engines gave great power and thrust, but were compact in size. They
also were simple in their overall layout. A jet engine, down to the
present day, pulls in air by using a compressor. It looks like a
short length of an ear of corn, but instead of corn kernels, the
compressor is studded with numerous small blades. The compressor
rotates rapidly, compressing the air...