The Impressive Development History of the Turbojet

Get THE BOOK from Hungry Minds here: https://mdsh.io/letsgoaviate & use code AVIATE10 for a 10% discount Support me on Patreon :   / letsgoaviate   The first turbojets showed an advantage in speed over piston engines immediately, however early turbojets had serious issues. In this video I cover the most important development areas that turned the turbojet into a supersonic powerplant. 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Belyakov - AirTeamImages (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) Tupolev Tu-144 by Alex Beltyukov - RuSpotters Team (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) cropped VIDEO ATTRIBUTION WWII GSAP Combat Footage and Rare Me 262 Jet Fighter Captured Films by footagefarm (   • WWII GSAP Combat Footage and Rare Me 262 J...  ), license CC-BY Gloster Meteor Netherlands by Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en) Lightning F.6 XP693 Static Engine Run by Stoat13 (   • Lightning F.6 XP693 Static Engine Run, 26t...  ), license CC-BY Boeing B-47 Stratojet by A Short History (   • Boeing B-47 Stratojet - A Short History (U...  ), license CC-BY Flame Spitting Saab Draken Jet by Wonkabar007 (   • 🇸🇪 Flame Spitting Saab Draken Jet.  ), license CC-BY [4K] (RIAT 2019) Romanian MiG-21 LanceR “C” Display by The Mighty Spotter (   • [4K] (RIAT 2019) Romanian MiG-21 LanceR “C...  ), license CC-BY The F-18, F-404 Engine and compressor stalls by Luke Yu (   • The F-18, F-404 Engine and compressor stalls  ), license CC-BY Chapters: 0:00 Fledgling Turbojets 1:00 Compressors 4:20 Design & Materials 7:56 Hungry Minds Sponsor 9:58 Thrust Augmentation 14:19 Inlet Shaping / Ram Compression 16:26 Variable Guide Vanes / Stators 17:36 Combustors 20:00 The End of the Turbojet 21:19 The Ultimate Turbojets