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  1. M

    Steam turbine ducted blower aircraft engine by Pratt and Whitney

    In early 1950s Pratt and Whitney was working on supercritical water ducted blower aircraft engine. 410 MW thermal energy source was heating highly pressurized water to 1000F. Here is the description of this engine from Aviation Week , December 19, 1960. 2.98 m low pressure air compressor/blower...
    • mvdmitri
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    • atomic aircraft cold war nuclear powered aircraft post-cold war steam
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Propulsion
  2. aam641

    B-52 testbed for a nuclear turbojet

    You may have already seen this at http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=872 Attached is a picture of what looks like radiation doses around the nuclear engine. My quick conversion gives me 1000 Gy/hr in zone I and 5 Gy/hr in zone VIII. Could somebody knowledgeable check these...
    • aam641
    • Thread
    • aircraft nuclear propulsion program atomic aircraft cold war general electric aircraft engines general electric company nuclear powered aircraft united states air force
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. Antonio

    Nuclear Powered Aircraft Projects

    I found two Lockheed projects to start the topic Source: Avion (magazine) January 1959 No more information given ???
    • Antonio
    • Thread
    • aircraft nuclear propulsion program atomic aircraft cold war nuclear powered aircraft post-cold war soviet union united kingdom united states
    • Replies: 348
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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