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📄️ Engines

Turbine engines have revolutionized the way air travel is performed today. Unlike the older reciprocating prop engines that use to carry passengers to their destinations, jet engines provide much less vibrations, less noise, increased aircraft performance, increased reliability, and an easier maintenance program. The evolution of the jet engine has been pretty amazing as can be seen by some of the newer engine options out on the market today. Classification of turbine engines come from the type of compressor they use which fall into three categories; centrifugal flow, axial flow, and centrifugal- axial flow. The type of turbine engine and power it produces is dependent on the path that the air takes through the engine and include; turbojet, turboprop, turbofan, and turboshaft engines. The real world American Airlines/Eagle fleet operates turbofan engines on the entire fleet as the older turboprop aircraft, such as the ATR-72 and Saab 340, have been retired.