Later this week I’ll be heading south to Florida to visit with Pratt & Whitney and see the PW1524G, the first geared turbofan model intended for the Bombardier CS100 now on the test stand in West Palm Beach. As I did last year leading up to the annual Engines 101 and media brief, I devoted Movie Monday to jet engines. Last year it was Engine Failures 101, this year it’s Wonder Jet a 1950 British dramatization of the birth of Frank Whittle’s jet engine design. You’ll notice that Whittle’s early engines (a centrifugal compressor design) don’t resemble what we know today as (axial compressor design) high-bypass turbofans, though the elements and fundamentals remain the same. Today’s Movie Monday runs just over 19 minutes. Enjoy!
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