Bob Moore wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote

Except the Electra wasn't a jet. Maybe you are thinking of the
Comet.

Well...the Electras that I flew certainly had "jet" engines.
Even burned kerosene. :-)

Bob Moore

The ones I flew had jet turbine engines but they were geared to propellors
which makes a difference. They are generally referred to as turboprops
whereas the term jet normally refers to a jet engine without external
propellors. But the difference is decreasing since most high-bypass jet
engines now have internal rotors which produce more than half the thrust
using propellor type action but within the engine frame. That air doesn't
even go through the combutions chambers, it bypasses them, hence the term
high-bypass.

But you knew that, Bob, I just mentioned it for those who didn't.

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