23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS2002-0.1

THE DANIEL AND FLORENCE GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL LECTURE.CIVIL PROPULSION; THE LAST 50 YEARS

H. I. H. Saravanamuttoo
Carleton University and GasTOPS, Canada

Keywords: civil propulsion, aircraft, history

This paper covers propulsion developments in the civil field over the last five decades. It is notable that aircraft have displaced ships and railways for long distance passenger travel, and this could not have been achieved without the continuous development of the aircraft gas turbine. The paper traces propulsion developments from the end of the piston era through the early turboprops and turbojets to the high bypass ratio turbofans of the present.

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