Aircraft engines

Every aircraft needs an engine. The first aircraft flew with small piston engines; in the 1920s and 1930s the big air-cooled radials of Pratt & Whitney and Wright and the liquid-cooled V12s of Rolls-Royce made aircraft faster and stronger. From the 1940s the jet engine took over: first the turbojet, then the turbofan that powers almost every airliner and fighter today.

Choose an engine type below, or use the navbar menu Engines to see all engines of one maker.