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...he project designation changed to XFV-1 when the [[1922 United States Navy aircraft designation system|Navy's code]] for Lockheed was changed from O to V.<ref ...Winchester 2005, p. 135.</ref> Lockheed employees derisively nicknamed the aircraft the "[[pogo stick]]" (a direct reference to the rival [[Convair XFY]]'s nam ...

{{short description|Russian airborne early warning and control aircraft}} ...of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> ...

...ight=1.14|The propellers of a [[C-130J Super Hercules]] military transport aircraft]] ...pter 13, "Airscrews".</ref><ref>LBI</ref> converts rotary motion from an [[Aircraft engine|engine]] or other power source into a swirling [[slipstream]] which ...

...Age''' is a period in the [[history of aviation]] defined by the advent of aircraft powered by [[jet turbine]] engines and the social and cultural changes fost ...anscontinental and intercontinental travel considerably faster and easier. Aircraft leaving North America and crossing the [[Atlantic Ocean]] (and later, the [ ...

...enson [[Aerial Steam Carriage]]". He received a patent on it in 1843 along with Stringfellow. ...guide wire. Attempts were made to fly the small model, and a larger model with a 20-foot wing span, between 1844 and 1847, without success. ...

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...ectric T64|GE T64]] turboprop, with the propeller on the left, the gearbox with accessories in the middle, and the gas generator (turbine) on the right]] A '''turboprop''' is a [[Gas turbine|gas turbine engine]] that drives an aircraft [[Propeller (aeronautics)|propeller]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Administration| ...

{{Short description|Aircraft engine that produces thrust by emitting a jet of gas}} ...were relatively inefficient for subsonic flight. Most modern subsonic jet aircraft use more complex [[High-bypass turbofan|high-bypass turbofan engines]]. Th ...

...fan thus can be thought of as a turbojet being used to drive a ducted fan, with both of these contributing to the [[thrust]]. ...ticle moved</ref> [[Afterburner]]s are used on low-bypass turbofan engines with bypass and core mixing before the afterburner. ...

{{Seriesbox aircraft propulsion}} ...fan thus can be thought of as a turbojet being used to drive a ducted fan, with both of these contributing to the [[thrust]]. ...

...and landing ([[STOL]]) or short take-off and vertical landing ([[STOVL]]) aircraft cannot perform without a [[runway]]. ...300]], which over four iterations, became the basis for modern helicopters with a single main rotor and a single tail rotor. ...