Sentences with phrase «with aircraft engine»

Research at University West is conducted in close collaboration with aircraft engine manufacturer GKN Aerospace (formerly Volvo Aero) and Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, which makes gas turbines.

A natural use of the turbocharger — and its earliest known use for any internal combustion engine, starting with experimental installations in the 1920s — is with aircraft engines.

Aircraft Technician • Performed inspections on aircrafts • Assisted in diagnosing problems with aircraft engines and body • Handled modification and repair duties under supervision of aircraft engineer • Scheduled maintenance activities in accordance to directions provided • Handled inventory and stock of aircraft parts • Maintained aircraft scheduling records

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The aircraft features a powerful Rotax engine with a twin exhaust system, designed for maximum efficiency in flight.

But a thinner atmosphere means less drag on the aircraft, so the engines can hit high speeds with less fuel.

The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.

Strohmayer said that the team was now focusing on the development of a high - performance hybrid aircraft with a smart diesel engine.

The pilot of the AirAsia X aircraft, which was headed toward Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, turned around after the pilot identified an issue with the engine as the plane shook, a Perth Airport spokesperson told CNN.

Therefore, it gives an idea of the g - forces on André Brännström, Saab test pilot, as he performs extreme aerobatics with the JAS - 39 Gripen C light single - engine multirole fighter aircraft.

Mazda just won the Edison Gold Award, beating an aircraft engine made with woven carbon fiber composites, ceramic matrix composites, and 3D printed parts.

Nobody got killed and the boats, most of them powered by aircraft engines, flew so low that Bill Sterett (above) won with his Chryslers

Boeing has tested two such «vegetable - based biofuels» with this antifreezing property in the General Electric jet engines used on many of its 747 aircraft, Daggett says.

Efficiency alone — even in the form of aircraft with improved engines and designs such as the Boeing 787, expected to deliver a 20 percent improvement in fuel efficiency over existing big airplanes — is not the answer.

That compares with 28 mW / m2 trapped by all of the CO2 released by aircraft engines since the start of aviation.

We need to know if it could cause an aircraft engine to explode in what is known as an «uncontained failure», with hot, fast - spinning engine parts being shed in all directions, potentially piercing wings, fuel tanks and even the cabin.

All the bio-version lacks are the aromatics — specific volatile hydrocarbon rings that are necessary to swell shut seals within current aircraft engines, hence the need to blend it with conventional fuel.

The initial thought was to develop a 20 - foot wingspan (6.1 meters) aircraft powered by hybrid diesel / electric engines, but the team started with smaller versions for testing, built by rapid prototyping.

Constructal law has also dictated the main design features needed for aircraft to succeed; the engine mass has remained proportional to the body size, the wing size has been tied to the fuselage length, and the fuel load has grown in step with the total weight.

The project is in close collaboration with world - leading aircraft engine provider GE, who are providing technical support and will play an integral part in the analysis of the data.

Even in an era of advanced computer modeling, the decade - old test is deemed essential for producing aircraft engines that can withstand the impact (pdf) of collisions with birds, which cause more than a billion dollars» worth of damage worldwide to civil aircraft every year, according to the Bird Strike Committee USA.

Every 12 hours they fly stretches of six to eight hours aboard one of NOAA's P - 3 Orion aircraft, recently refurbished with new wings and engines.

This superefficient aircraft travels slower than a moped, averaging just 50 kilometers per hour on most trips, with its four electrical engines capable of putting out the maximum 10 - horsepower each, solely for takeoff and landing.

The validation flight was conducted using a 40:60 mix of Rentech's synthetic jet fuel with conventional Jet A fuel in one of two engines on an Airbus 319 aircraft.

Ultimately Sully's fate lay with the National Transportation Safety Board, which held hearings, presenting evidence that despite Sully's view — the loss of thrust from two defective engines would not allow him to reach an airport — was incorrect since the aircraft had enough capacity to enable the seven - mile jaunt to LaGuardia.

The fact that the throttle (which I'll come back to in a second) needs pumping vigorously while you turn the key and wait and wait for the engine to catch only adds to the similarities with getting a light aircraft going.

On the way we talk aesthetics (unique and vastly better in the flesh than photos), Vipers (great engine, terrible gearchange, tricky handling on the limit), Fighters (even better engine, miraculously improved gearchange, utterly trustworthy handling on the limit), car collector, publisher and evo friend Simon Draper (whose early - build car supplied many of the first driving impressions, including our first encounter with the Fighter in issue 078), and all that stems from an aerodynamics - first, aircraft techniques approach.

For this reason, aircraft engines are often fitted with turbochargers, to offset the lack of atmospheric pressure.

Maximize information exchange with industry and government partners, including airlines; manufacturers of aircraft, rotorcraft, engines, propellers, and replacement parts; aviation medical examiners; designated airworthiness, engineering, and manufacturing inspection representatives; designated pilot, mechanic, and parachute rigger examiners; and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Mercedes says its interior designers took their cues from aircraft construction, so you'll see things such as the wide dash, air vents with adjustable nozzles (to remind one of jet engines), and the long center console with real matte - finished metal, not plastic made to look like matte - finished metal.

The «Rolls Rod» features an open chauffeur compartment with a modified windshield and has an aluminum chassis, a big - block Chevy engine, Iron Ace custom seats and an aircraft dash.

With a turbocharged, 2.5 - liter, 150 - horsepower engine, wrap - over aircraft - styled doors, a deep front air dam and a stiff suspension, ES Turbo offers pleasing aspects of both sedan and sports classes at an attractive base price of $ 12,495.

Critical Knowledge: Completely redesigned, 2010 Saab 9 - 5 luxury sport sedanNew look inspired by Scandinavian design, Aero X conceptWraparound window design evokes Saab's aircraft heritageAvailable in Linear, Vector or Aero modelsAll - turbo powertrain, including a 160 - hp, 2.0 - liter diesel engine; 220 - hp, 2.0 - liter gasoline engine; and a 300 - hp, 2.8 - liter V - 6 engine (offered exclusively with XWD, Saab's all - wheel - drive system) Shortly after launch, Saab promises a small, 1.6 - liter gasoline turbo with 180 hp will be introduced, together with a 2.

The V12 engines of many World War II fighter aircraft used a SOHC configuration with four valves for each cylinder.

In 1955 Mercedes - Benz outfitted a 300SLR with the Bosch direct injected aircraft engine.

Inside, the Clio goes upmarket with chrome and gloss black trim, a dash shaped like an aircraft wing, a wide range of colour options and comfortable seats with clever stuff like R - Link, an internet - ready touchscreen tablet which even offers an App for selecting engine sounds, reversing camera, keyless and a bass reflex system.

Powered by a 65hp Continental 4 - cylinder aircraft engine with a McCauley prop.

Chrysler would produce and experiment with engines for tanks and aircraft during World War II.

We already know your answer, and that is why we posted the next video with an airplane sourced engine used in aircrafts fighting in World War I, currently fitted on a project car appropriately named «Brutus».

The Bell was a roomy aircraft, twin - engined, designed for corporate travel and police departments, with space for seven passengers.

The big four - engine aircraft, with their contra - rotating props and swept - back wings, rumble at high altitude toward the northern California coast...

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP., $ 122.76, symbol UTX on New York, is an industrial conglomerate with four primary businesses: Climate, Controls & Security makes Carrier heating and air - conditioning equipment, and burglar alarms and fire safety products; Pratt & Whitney manufactures aircraft engines; Aerospace Systems makes engine - control systems... Read More

Viral stories like that of an easyJet engineer allegedly patching up a plane's engine with duct tape don't hold up: According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the tape seen being used in the photos is actually aluminum tape (also known as speed tape or metallic tape) which is very durable, expensive, and regularly used on aircrafts (budget or not) to make minor repairs.

The orders from Cebu Air of the Philippines and India budget carrier Go piles further pressure on rival Boeing to offer a version of its own single - aisle 737 jet with more - efficient engines or overtake Airbus with an altogether new aircraft design that boasts lower operating costs.

The ultra-fuel efficient aircraft — showcasing LATAM's white, indigo and coral livery and fitted with Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100 - JM engines — was presented to LATAM Airlines Group chief executive, Enrique Cueto.

Features: — Missions: Gameplay Engine with four different fighting missions - Perfect weapon upgrade system - Very cool sound and screen effects in the aircraft attack - Dozens Of modern weapons from the enemy, such as aircraft fighter, tank and aircraft carrier.

And though the engine's capabilities are certainly on display during the single - player game, with everything from walls to an aircraft carrier crumbling before your eyes, you won't get to experience Frostbite 3's full power until you jump into a multiplayer match.

Finally, Richard Hiorns has covered half of a gallery floor with the black and grey metal dust of an atomized passenger aircraft engine, in a work designed to question our faith in technology and remind us of our own mortality.

Hiorns, who previously filled the engines of a Boeing EC - 135c surveillance aircraft with crushed anti-depressant drugs in a sculpture contrasting global security and individual well - being, explained: «The idea I am proposing is that this is the next phase of the plane.

Back to the bottom line, commercial carrier aircraft have been retrofitted with spray nozzles mounted on the pylon directly in line with the jet engine thrust stream.

With New Zealand's government declaring itself to actively become the world's first carbon neutral nation with sustainability underpinning the «four pillars of the economy, society, the environment, and nationhood,» Air New Zealand is planning to launch the first test of a commercial 747 airliner flying partially on biofuels, as part of a deal between the airline, engine maker Rolls - Royce and aircraft manufacturer Boeing to study greener flying, with the first flight slated to take off late 2008 or early 2009 (without passengeWith New Zealand's government declaring itself to actively become the world's first carbon neutral nation with sustainability underpinning the «four pillars of the economy, society, the environment, and nationhood,» Air New Zealand is planning to launch the first test of a commercial 747 airliner flying partially on biofuels, as part of a deal between the airline, engine maker Rolls - Royce and aircraft manufacturer Boeing to study greener flying, with the first flight slated to take off late 2008 or early 2009 (without passengewith sustainability underpinning the «four pillars of the economy, society, the environment, and nationhood,» Air New Zealand is planning to launch the first test of a commercial 747 airliner flying partially on biofuels, as part of a deal between the airline, engine maker Rolls - Royce and aircraft manufacturer Boeing to study greener flying, with the first flight slated to take off late 2008 or early 2009 (without passengewith the first flight slated to take off late 2008 or early 2009 (without passengers).