biography
pronunciation:
[kawanda]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1885–1972)
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| biography:
| Aeronautical engineer, born in Romania. He built the first jet-propelled aeroplane, using a ducted fan, not a turbojet, and, because of a phenomenon not then understood, the hot exhaust gases set fire to the structure. He later investigated this effect, and the entrainment of a free jet alongside a curved surface now bears his name. He subsequently became an aircraft designer with the British & Colonial Aeroplane Co (later the Bristol Aircraft Co). |
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