This is the last installment about airplane engines. If you haven’t already, go back and check out Airplane Engines (part 1) – Piston Engines and Airplane Engines (part 2) – Jet Engines. Now, as promised, the variations on turbojets: turbofans and turboprops. Turbofans are very similar to turbojets with one major difference. Besides the compressor… Read More Airplane Engines (part 3) – Turbojet Variations