Evaluation of Convair XP-81, combination turboprop and turbojet aircraft, and of McDonnell XF-88, Republic XF-84H, and Boeing XB-47D; tests on existing modern airframes readily converted to turboprop engine; new airframes designed around specific turboprop; Pratt and Whitney T-34 engines placed in C-124 Globemaster for finalizing design criteria for XC-132 and C-133A transports; Lockheed developed C-130 Hercules.
USAF experience to date with turbo-prop aircraft
Soc Automotive Engrs -- Paper
Society of Automotive Engineers -- Meeting ; 1955 Turbine propeller
1955
7 pages
Conference paper
English
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