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Gas Turbine Development— Thirteen and a Half Years in Commercial Aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. C. Lovesey
A. C. Lovesey*
Affiliation:
Aero-Engine Division, Rolls-Royce Ltd.
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It is now 13½ years since turbine engines first began airline service with the Dart in the Viscount. It is 11½ years since the de Havilland Ghost jet engine went into airline operation with the Comet. Today there are some 2468 gas-turbined aircraft operating (or on order) on commercial service and it would be interesting to look back over those 13½ years and ask the question, “How do we apply this experience towards meeting the requirements of the future?”

I can only speak with first hand knowledge of that part of the operation associated with engines produced by my Company. However, this is a sizeable sample covering over 50 per cent of the “Free-World’s” civil aircraft including propeller turbines, jet and by-pass engines.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 68 , Issue 644 , August 1964 , pp. 517 - 528
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1964

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