With their capability to fly higher, farther, and more efficiently, jet engines have transformed air travel since their introduction. From its origins in the 1930s, the jet engine was a substantial ...

When you think of a commercial jet taking off, where would it make the most sense to put the jet engines? You might think of something like a rocket ship, and place the engines near the back to ...

In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, ...