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61 relations: Air Force One, Air France, Airbus A300, Airbus A310, Airbus A330, Axial compressor, Boeing 747, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 767, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing E-4, Boeing E-767, Boeing KC-767, Boeing VC-25, Boeing YC-14, Cabin pressurization, Combustor, Eastern Air Lines, ETOPS, Federal Aviation Administration, GE Aviation, General Electric GEnx, General Electric LM2500, General Electric LM6000, General Electric TF39, Kawasaki C-2, KLM, List of aircraft engines, Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, National Airlines Flight 27, National Transportation Safety Board, New Mexico, Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A, Overall pressure ratio, Pratt & Whitney JT9D, Pratt & Whitney PW4000, Progress D-18T, Rolls-Royce RB211, Rolls-Royce Trent 700, Sioux City, Iowa, Thrust, Thrust specific fuel consumption, Thrust-to-weight ratio, Turbine, Turbofan, ..., Turboshaft, United Airlines Flight 232, United States Air Force, Wide-body aircraft, 1969 in aviation, 1971 in aviation, 1973 in aviation, 1975 in aviation, 1982 in aviation, 1983 in aviation, 1989 in aviation. Expand index (11 more) »
Air Force One
Air Force One is the official air traffic control call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.
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Air France
Air France (formally Société Air France, S.A.), stylized as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France.
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Airbus A300
The Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner that was developed and manufactured by Airbus.
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Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range twin-engined wide-body jet airliner that was developed and manufactured by Airbus, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers.
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Airbus A330
The Airbus A330 is a medium- to long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner made by Airbus.
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Axial compressor
An axial compressor is a compressor that can continuously pressurize gases.
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Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is an American wide-body commercial jet airliner and cargo aircraft, often referred to by its original nickname, "Jumbo Jet".
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Boeing 747-400
The Boeing 747-400 is an American wide-body jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is a mid- to large-size, mid- to long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a division of The Boeing Company.
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Boeing E-4
The Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post, the current "Nightwatch" aircraft, is a strategic command and control military aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).
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Boeing E-767
The Boeing E-767 is an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
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Boeing KC-767
The Boeing KC-767 is a military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200ER.
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Boeing VC-25
The Boeing VC-25 is a military version of the Boeing 747 airliner, modified for presidential transport and operated by the United States Air Force as Air Force One, the call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.
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Boeing YC-14
The Boeing YC-14 was a twin-engine short take-off and landing (STOL) tactical military transport aircraft.
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Cabin pressurization
Cabin pressurization is a process in which conditioned air is pumped into the cabin of an aircraft or spacecraft, in order to create a safe and comfortable environment for passengers and crew flying at high altitudes.
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Combustor
A combustor is a component or area of a gas turbine, ramjet, or scramjet engine where combustion takes place.
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Eastern Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991.
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ETOPS
ETOPS is an aviation acronym for Extended Operations.
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Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States is a national authority with powers to regulate all aspects of civil aviation.
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GE Aviation
GE Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati.
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General Electric GEnx
The General Electric GEnx (General Electric Next-generation) is an advanced dual rotor, axial flow, high-bypass turbofan jet engine in production by GE Aviation for the Boeing 787 and 747-8.
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General Electric LM2500
The General Electric LM2500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine produced by GE Aviation.
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General Electric LM6000
The General Electric LM6000 is a turboshaft gas turbine.
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General Electric TF39
The General Electric TF39 is a high-bypass turbofan engine developed to power the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.
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Kawasaki C-2
The Kawasaki C-2 (previously XC-2 and C-X) is a mid-size, twin-turbofan engine, long range, high speed military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Kawasaki Aerospace Company.
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KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands.
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List of aircraft engines
This is an alphabetical list of aircraft engines by manufacturer.
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Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft originally designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin.
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Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, commonly referred to as the L-1011 (pronounced "L-ten-eleven") or TriStar, is a medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner by Lockheed Corporation.
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McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine wide-body jet airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.
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McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is an aerial refueling tanker aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is an American three-engine medium- to long-range wide-body jet airliner, manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and, later, by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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National Airlines Flight 27
On November 3, 1973, a National Airlines DC-10-10 aircraft (N60NA) was operating as a scheduled passenger flight between Miami and San Francisco with intermediate stops at New Orleans, Houston, and Las Vegas (NA Flight 27).
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National Transportation Safety Board
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.
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New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.
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Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A
The Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A was planned as a multi-role military aircraft to replace the Boeing 707-based E-3 Sentry and E-8 Joint STARS, the Boeing 747-based E-4B, and the RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft in US service.
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Overall pressure ratio
In aeronautical engineering, overall pressure ratio, or overall compression ratio, is the ratio of the stagnation pressure as measured at the front and rear of the compressor of a gas turbine engine.
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Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D engine was the first high bypass ratio jet engine to power a wide-body airliner.
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Pratt & Whitney PW4000
The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 is a family of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines with certified thrust ranging from 52,000 to 99,040 lbf (230 to 441 kN).
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Progress D-18T
The Progress D-18T (or Lotarev D-18T) is a three-spool, high-bypass turbofan engine rated at more than of thrust and designed to power very large transport aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce RB211
The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a British family of high-bypass turbofan engines made by Rolls-Royce plc.
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Rolls-Royce Trent 700
The Rolls-Royce Trent 700 is a three spool high bypass turbofan aircraft engine, developed from the RB211, and is the first variant of the family of Trent engines.
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Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa.
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Thrust
Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law.
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Thrust specific fuel consumption
Thrust-specific fuel consumption (TSFC) is the fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output.
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Thrust-to-weight ratio
Thrust-to-weight ratio is a dimensionless ratio of thrust to weight of a rocket, jet engine, propeller engine, or a vehicle propelled by such an engine that indicates the performance of the engine or vehicle.
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Turbine
A turbine (from the Latin turbo, a vortex, related to the Greek τύρβη, tyrbē, meaning "turbulence") is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.
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Turbofan
The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion.
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Turboshaft
A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaft power rather than jet thrust.
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United Airlines Flight 232
United Airlines Flight 232 was a DC-10, registered as N1819U, that crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989 after suffering catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, which led to the loss of many flight controls.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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Wide-body aircraft
A wide-body aircraft is a jet airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate two passenger aisles, also known as twin-aisle aircraft, with seven or more seats abreast.
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1969 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1969.
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1971 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1971.
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1973 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1973.
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1975 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1975.
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1982 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1982.
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1983 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1983.
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1989 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1989.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_CF6
