“A modern turbofan jet engine works based on Newton’s Third Law ... tends to be in the neighborhood of 2,140 degrees. This diagram shows the path of the air that bypasses the core, as ...

Today's new family of GE GenX engines for Boeing's new 787and 747-8 produce upward of 70,000 pounds of thrust compared to the 5,000 pounds for the early jet power plants. Ever wonder how that happens?

If you've ever wondered how the engine on an airliner works, wonder no more ... you need to know about the basic inner-workings of the jet engine. Check it out. Read next BI Tech Memo Where ...

Jets fly over us every day, but most of us don’t think much about how they work because all the guts ... Warped Perception’s handy transparent jet engine build. Jet engines are a lot simpler ...

If you ask anyone working in the aviation industry what they think the most important component of modern-day planes is, chances are the vast majority may tell you that it is the jet engine.