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  • noun Plural form of turbojet.

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Examples

  • BTW, that technology included afterburning turbojets, advanced fuselage geometry, swept wings and 'all-flying' flight control surfaces. former CA resident

    Today's Video: Skylon Mission Animation - NASA Watch 2009

  • In the hands of director Allison Arkell Stockman, a competent cast and a knockout design team, Thomas Middleton's play becomes an eye-catching soap opera that turbojets along to a rococo conclusion -- a bloodbath that makes the end of "Hamlet" look like an ice cream social.

    Theater review: Constellation Theatre's 'Women Beware Women' Celia Wren 2010

  • There were four basic methods of propulsion: rotors, propellers, turbojets, and ducted fans, the last meaning propellers or multibladed fans spinning inside enclosed cowlings.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • There were four basic methods of propulsion: rotors, propellers, turbojets, and ducted fans, the last meaning propellers or multibladed fans spinning inside enclosed cowlings.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • In the mid-1960s, postwar turbojets were still in active passenger service and mass tourism as we know it was at least a decade away.

    One From The Hart Stefanie Powers 2010

  • There were four basic methods of propulsion: rotors, propellers, turbojets, and ducted fans, the last meaning propellers or multibladed fans spinning inside enclosed cowlings.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • Ducted fans excel turbojets and turboprops for transports: An airline view (Society of Automotive Engineers) by W.

    What Sets Us Apart is What Sets Us Off 2007

  • Built for Mach 2, the X-3 was barely able to reach Mach 1.2 because it never received the higher-rated-thrust turbojets intended for it.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • Built for Mach 2, the X-3 was barely able to reach Mach 1.2 because it never received the higher-rated-thrust turbojets intended for it.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • Built for Mach 2, the X-3 was barely able to reach Mach 1.2 because it never received the higher-rated-thrust turbojets intended for it.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

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