turbojet engine
noun
: a jet engine in which a turbine drives a compressor that supplies air to a burner and hot gases from the burner drive the turbine before being discharged rearward
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Boom’s demonstrator aircraft, originally scheduled to fly in 2017, relies on a trio of 1950s-era J85 turbojet engines, the sorts used to power vintage aircraft like the Northrop T-38 trainer or F-5 fighter.
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Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
It was powered by four turbojet engines with afterburners that enabled it to reach speeds of up to Mach 2.04 at an altitude of 18,300 meters and could carry up to 128 passengers.
—Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
LeCun, whose father was an aeronautical engineer and who remains fascinated by aircraft, says that asking people to talk about A.I. Safety today is like asking people in 1930 to opine on the safety of the turbojet engine, a technology that had not even been invented yet.
—Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 June 2023
Additionally, it was powered by a turbojet engine rather than a variable-thrust liquid rocket engine.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
Once airborne, the drone’s turbojet engine took over, powering the drone for the next 2 hours and 10 minutes.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021
The booster then burns out and falls away, and the missile’s turbojet engine takes over.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2021
Its unique trick involved the ability to transition from turbojet engine to turbo-ramjet engine in flight, sucking in vast amounts of oxygen-rich air and burning it to drastically increase engine output.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021
The basic Model 147 or AQM-34 was 23 feet long with a 13-foot wingspan and a J69-T-29 turbojet engine producing 1,700 pound of thrust.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2020
Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
It was powered by four turbojet engines with afterburners that enabled it to reach speeds of up to Mach 2.04 at an altitude of 18,300 meters and could carry up to 128 passengers.
—Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
LeCun, whose father was an aeronautical engineer and who remains fascinated by aircraft, says that asking people to talk about A.I. Safety today is like asking people in 1930 to opine on the safety of the turbojet engine, a technology that had not even been invented yet.
—Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 June 2023
Additionally, it was powered by a turbojet engine rather than a variable-thrust liquid rocket engine.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
Once airborne, the drone’s turbojet engine took over, powering the drone for the next 2 hours and 10 minutes.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021
The booster then burns out and falls away, and the missile’s turbojet engine takes over.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2021
Its unique trick involved the ability to transition from turbojet engine to turbo-ramjet engine in flight, sucking in vast amounts of oxygen-rich air and burning it to drastically increase engine output.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021
The basic Model 147 or AQM-34 was 23 feet long with a 13-foot wingspan and a J69-T-29 turbojet engine producing 1,700 pound of thrust.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2020
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1944, in the meaning defined above
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turbojet engine
noun
: a jet engine in which a turbine drives a compressor that supplies air to a burner and hot gases from the burner drive the turbine before being discharged to the rear
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