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Boeing T50-BO-8A (502-10VC) Turboshaft Engine, ca. 1950s. Creator: Boeing Aircraft CoIn the mid-1940s, Boeing engineers conducted research to become familiar with gas turbines, but it became apparent that the research engines were significant in themselves
Whittle W. 1X Turbojet Engine, 1941. Creator: Power JetsSir Frank Whittles jet aircraft engine was patented in 1932, and Power Jets, Ltd. formed in 1936. The Whittle Unit bench test engine first ran on April 12, 1937
General Electric XT700-GE-700 Turboshaft Engine, ca. 1974The T700 engine evolved directly from Army experience in the Vietnam Wars difficult operating conditions that created helicopter engine maintenance problems
Rolls-Royce RB211-22 Turbofan Engine, Cutaway, 1973. Creator: Rolls-RoyceThis is the first foreign-made engine chosen as the basic power plant for a major U.S.-built airliner, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar