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LONDON, January 6. Jet-propelled aeroplanes, which have successfully passed the experimental tests and will soon be in production, end the need for the orthodox engine and airscrew, says "The Times" aeronautical writer. The new type of plane without an airscrew has no need for the heavy undercarriage, which is merely dead weight when the plane is airborne, and is necessary to keep the airscrew clear of the ground. There are many varieties of the jetpropulsion .system, but broadly the principle is that air Js drawn into ducts in the leading edges of the wings or nose of the fuselage! It is then mixed with liquid fuel, compressed by a turbo-driven pump. It is fired in the combustion chamber and expanded by heat, escapes at high speed through jets or nozzles emerging from the rear edges of the wings or from the tail of the fuselage. The jet propulsion system may not
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 5, 8 January 1944, Page 5
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