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  • Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B turboprop engine. 2023

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    Karol

    After the socio-economic changes that began in 1989, it became clear that exporting PZL M-28 aircraft with engines from the Moscow state TWD-10 B, and even with its Polish equivalents PZL-10 S, to Western markets would not be possible. Mainly due to too high fuel consumption. Therefore, a program of equipping the aircraft with Pratt…

  • Aircraft engines – The ramjet engine of engineer Stanisław Wójcicki. 1956.

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    Karol

    Stanisław Wójcicki in 1946, graduated from the Lodz University of Technology and obtained the title of mechanical engineer. Also in 1946, he started working at the Aviation Technical Institute, which was later renamed the Aviation Institute. The Engineer held the position of the Branch Manager, and then the Head of the Non-Compressor Engines Department. The…

  • D-30 turbojet engine. 1963.

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    Karol

    The Bristol Olimpus engine was the world’s first twin-shaft engine. Initially designated Bristol BE.10 Olimpus, it was developed by Bristol for V-class aircraft. It was to have a thrust of 10,000 lbf (44.48 kN). The first air tests were carried out in 1950 on the Avro Vulcan aircraft. Its development versions were used to power…

  • Turbine engine TW2-117, TW3-117. 1961.

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    Karol

    Sergei Petrovich Izotov (in Russian Сергей Петрович Изотов, 1917 – 1983), was a Soviet engineer and designer of aircraft engines. In 1934, he graduated from a technical school. He moved to Leningrad, where in 1941 he graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).…

  • PZL GTD-350 turbine engine. 1961.

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    Karol

    The Soviet Mil Mi-1 and Mil Mi-4 helicopters were powered by piston engines. Turbine engines have already been widely introduced in the West. Muscovites had great difficulties with developing their own turbine engines for helicopter propulsion. They illegally managed to obtain the American Allison 250 engine. On its basis, the team of engineer Sergei Izotov…

  • Pratt & Whitney F135 turbojet engine. 2021.

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    Karol

    The engine is available in two variants; A variant of the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) used in the F-35 A and F-35 C and the two-cycle vertical short take-off and landing (STOVL) variant used in the F-35 B. This long variant has an additional fan from the front to the vertical. draft (lifting fan)…