turbojet

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Kyiv also claims that it has developed turbojet powered "missile-drones".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

Some previous Ukrainian attacks on Russian air bases involved Soviet-designed drones powered by turbojet engines.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Mr. Breedlove thought he could go faster with help from a jet engine and spent $500 to acquire a surplus J47 turbojet, the same engine used in fighter planes such as the F-86 Sabre.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

With its four turbojet engines, it could cruise at 550 miles per hour, almost twice as fast as the Constellation.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2010

In 1963 Hobbs was awarded the Collier Trophy for having directed the design and development of the J57 turbojet, the country's first such engine widely used in both military service and air transportation.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.