2013 FEBRUARY / Vol. 5 / No. 2 /
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· 1848: John Stringfellow made a
steam engine capable of powering a
model, albeit with negligible payload.
· 1903: Charlie Taylor built an inline
aeroengine for the Wright Flyer (12
horsepower).
· 1903: Manly-Balzer engine sets
standards for later radial engines.
· 1906: Léon Levavasseur produces a
successful water-cooled V8 engine
for aircraft use.
· 1908: René Lorin patents a design for
the ramjet engine.
· 1908: Gnome Omega designed, the
world's first rotary engine to be pro-
duced in quantity: in 1909, fitted in
a Farman III aircraft, won the prize
for the greatest non-stop distance
flown at the Reims Grande Semaine
d'Aviation and set a world record for
endurance 180 kilometres (110 mi).
· 1910: Coand-1910, an unsuccessful
ducted fan powered aircraft exhib-
ited at Paris Aero Salon.
· 1914: Auguste Rateau suggests using
exhaust-powered compressor a
turbocharger to improve high-
altitude performance; not accepted
after the tests
· 1918: Sanford Alexander Moss picks
Rateau's idea and creates the first
successful turbocharger
· 1926: Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar
IV (S), the first series-produced
supercharged engine for aircraft use;
two-row radial with a gear-driven
centrifugal supercharger.
· 1930: Frank Whittle submitted his
first patent for turbojet engine.
· 1939: Heinkel HeS 3 turbojet propels
the German He 178 aircraft.
· 1940: Jendrassik Cs-1, the world's
first run of the turboprop engine.
· 1944: Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet,
the world's first rocket propelled
aircraft deployed.
· 1947: Bell X-1 rocket propelled air-
craft exceeds the speed of sound.
· 1948: 100 shp 782, the first tur-
boshaft engine; in 1950 used to
develop the larger 280 shp (210 kW)
Turbomeca Artouste.
· 1949: Leduc 010, the world's first
ramjet-powered aircraft flight.
· 1950: Rolls-Royce Conway, the
world's first production turbofan,
enters service.
· 1960s: TF39 high bypass turbofan
enters service delivering greater
thrust and much better efficiency.
· 2002: HyShot scramjet flew in dive.
· 2004: Hyper-X, the first scramjet to
maintain altitude. ·
Timeline of aircraft engine development
Above: Wright Flyer.
Above: This aircraft used a water-cooled
V8 engine in 1906.
Above: Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IV (S)
Above: Bell X-1 rocket propelled aircraft
Above: Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.
Above: Rolls-Royce Conway.
Above: Hyper-X, the first Scramjet.
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