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    Syndrome is an illness that is caused by breathing in toxic fumes inside of the jet aircraft. This is caused by the air intake on a plane, which comes from the engine where it sucks in the air and pumps it into the cabin, but the toxic oils and other substances in the engine can easily leak into the airflow and contaminate the air that all passengers and staff breath. A very common leakage is the leakage of the jet engine lubricant oil, tricresyl phosphate, otherwise known as TCP or TOCP. The Government

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    The Innovation of War War is an unforgettable event in our history, but through them, they can create some great opportunities to better the future. There have been some remarkable inventions as a byproduct of war, and that has in turn revolutionized our way of life in communication, transportation, and medicine. Many of your everyday items were develop during a time of war, mainly because war has always been an accelerator for technological advancements. It brings the research phase to the utilization

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    JET Magazine and Huffington Post BlackVoices have been major media outlets in the black community. They are influential in their efforts to promote African-American news, culture, entertainment and opinion within the black community. These two media outlets have made great strides in the world of the black press and the advancement of black people. JET Magazine was launched during 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. The magazine’s focus was on the African-American population in the United States. According

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    propulsion systems, from the early attempts at propulsion to modern propulsion system such as propeller, internal combustion engine, ramjet engine and gas turbine. As this report will focus of aeronautical propulsion systems, rocket propulsion systems are almost exclusively involved in astronautics and will not be discussed. As an engineer will have to decide the best combination of engine and thrust device to attach to an aircraft. This report covers the technical developments in the advancement in propulsion

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    3d Printing History

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    thing to 3D print something as advanced and cutting edge as a Jet engine motor, but it is another to fuel it up, take it to the runway and push the start button. This is the stride GE aviation achieved when it fired up the motor of a simple Jet engine, made completely of in-house designed and 3D printed parts, at a test stand normally reserved for commercial jet engines. GE Aviation is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and integrated systems for commercial, military

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    The biplane was replaced by the monoplane with cantilever wings powered by double and triple propeller driven engines cooled by water rather than air. The material in which planes were built with also changed from wood and canvas to all metal body (Cowan). Monoplanes are more common than biplanes because they are highly efficient and have the lowest drag of any wing

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    throughout the years. I have always been interested in this great company’s ability to learn develop, evolve and advance their engine manufacturing technological capabilities throughout the years thus, making them a force to recon with in the engine field. My focus will be towards the beginning when they started building simple horizontally opposed engines through the radial engines particularly during nineteen fifties. The wasp and the double wasp capable of producing over 400 and 1300 shaft horsepower

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    performance to make the best profit. The key performance for that is the fuel consumption per passenger kilometre. Figure 2 shows that from 1960 to 2008 the fuel consumed per passenger kilometre has been reduced almost to half, almost 27000 new commercial jet aircraft sold since 1950s (Daniel Rutherford, Mazyar Zeinali, November 2009). So, this report will identify the technology that made this improvements for the fuel consumption in the past 100 years and what the new technology for the next 25 years.

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    fundamental elements; Distance versus time. ' - Bloodhound SSC At the start, the battle was between methods of propulsion, electricity and steam first fought it out, closely followed by the internal combustion automobile engine, and then pushed aside by turbojets and rocket engines. The first big breakthrough came when race drivers; Henry Segrave, Malcolm Campbell, Parry Thomas and Kaye Don fought their American rivals, managing to edge the record to Segrave`s 231.44mph record with the Golden Arrow

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    German Inventions

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    was the automobile in 1885 by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Benz was a mechanical engineer who made the first realistic car by an internal combustion engine. It was like a combination of a motor-driven tricycle and motorized carriage. Another major invention we use for transportation today is the jet engine. Hans von Ohain invented the jet engine through 1935-1939 after getting support

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