Pratt & Whitney JT8D
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The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass turbofan engine introduced by Pratt & Whitney in February 1963 with the inaugural flight of the Boeing 727. It was a modification of the Pratt & Whitney J52 tu
The JT8D is a low-bypass turbofan often used on early narrowbody jetliners
Cutaway showing the configuration: twin fan, axial compressor stages, cannular combustors and 4-stage turbine
Cannular combustor
20 in (510 mm) diameter rotor and bypass stator
Jet airliner
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A jet airliner or jetliner is an airliner powered by jet engines. Airliners usually have two or four jet engines; three-engined designs were popular in the 1970s but became less common afterwards. Air
The Boeing 737 was for many years the most widespread jetliner
The de Havilland Comet, the first purpose-built jet airliner
The Boeing 707, the first commercially successful jetliner
The Tupolev Tu-144, the first supersonic jet airliner