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  2. Charles Stanley - Wikipedia

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    Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. [2][3][4] He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and ...

  3. In Touch Ministries - Wikipedia

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    In Touch Ministries began as a television and radio ministry in 1972, one year after Stanley became the senior pastor of First Baptist Atlanta. [1] [2] In 1977, In Touch Ministries was founded by Charles Stanley. [3] The series In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley began airing in 1978. [4]

  4. Williams International - Wikipedia

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    The result was the FJX-2 engine. Williams then contracted with Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites to design and build the Williams V-Jet II, a Very Light Jet to use as a testbed and technology demonstrator to showcase the new engine. The aircraft and engine were debuted at the 1997 Oshkosh Airshow.

  5. General Electric J85 - Wikipedia

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    The General Electric J85 is a small single-shaft turbojet engine. Military versions produce up to 3,500 lb f (16 kN) of thrust dry; afterburning variants can reach up to 5,000 lb f (22 kN). The engine, depending upon additional equipment and specific model, weighs from 300 to 500 pounds (140 to 230 kg). It is one of GE's most successful and ...

  6. Timeline of jet power - Wikipedia

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    1937: At Junkers, Wagner and Müller decide to re-design their work as a pure jet. 1938: Metrovick receives a contract from the Air Ministry to start work with Constant. 1938: György Jendrassik starts work on a turboprop engine of his own design. April, 1938: Hans Mauch takes over the RLM rocket development office.

  7. Frank Whittle - Wikipedia

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    BOAC technical advisor, Shell engineer, engineer for Bristol Aero Engines, NAVAIR Professor at the US Naval Academy. Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAeS [1] (1 June 1907 – 8 August 1996) was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with having invented the turbojet engine.

  8. Claims to the first powered flight - Wikipedia

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    Jane's corporate owner later distanced itself from the editorial, stating it contained the views of the editor, not the publisher. [25] [26] Brown analysed a vintage photograph of an early indoor aeronautical exhibition, claiming that an even earlier photograph visible on the wall showed the Whitehead No. 21 aircraft in powered flight.

  9. Pratt & Whitney J58 - Wikipedia

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    Lockheed SR-71. The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. It was an afterburning turbojet engine with a unique compressor bleed to the afterburner that gave increased thrust at high speeds. Because of the wide speed range of ...