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Aircraft engines

The engines that made aircraft fly: radial and V12 piston engines, turbojets, turbofans and turboprops.

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4types
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About aircraft engines

Every aircraft needs an engine. The first aircraft flew with small piston engines; in the 1920s and 1930s the big air-cooled radials of Pratt & Whitney and Wright and the liquid-cooled V12s of Rolls-Royce made aircraft faster and stronger. From the 1940s the jet engine took over: first the turbojet, then the turbofan that powers almost every airliner and fighter today.

Choose an engine type below, or use the navbar menu Engines to see all engines of one maker.

  1. 1925
    Pratt & Whitney R-1340 WaspPratt & Whitney · United States
  2. 1937
    Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double WaspPratt & Whitney · United States
  3. 2013
    CFM International LEAPBoeing 737 MAXCFM International LEAP · Multinational
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    Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp JuniorPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp JuniorPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney R-1690 HornetPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin WaspPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet BPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin WaspPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney R-2180-A Twin HornetPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E Twin Wasp EPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp MajorPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney J57Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney J58Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney JT3DPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney JT8DPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney JT9DPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney TF30Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney F100Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney F119Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney F135Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney Canada PW300Pratt & Whitney Canada · Canada
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    Pratt & Whitney PW1000GPratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney PW1120Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney PW2000Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney PW4000Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Pratt & Whitney PW6000Pratt & Whitney · United States
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    Engine Alliance GP7000Engine Alliance (General Electric & Pratt & Whitney) · United States
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    IAE V2500International Aero Engines · Multinational
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    Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6Pratt & Whitney Canada · Canada
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    Wright R-1820 CycloneWright Aeronautical · United States
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    Wright R-2600 Twin CycloneWright Aeronautical · United States
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    Wright R-3350 Duplex-CycloneWright Aeronautical · United States
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    Rolls-Royce PegasusRolls-Royce · United Kingdom
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    Rolls-Royce TrentRolls-Royce · United Kingdom