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nchoe123 t1_izf7opt wrote

Reply to comment by CallMeDrLuv in Last Boeing 747 rolls off line after half a century of production by diacewrb

the props are in the jet engine, right?

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kyredemain t1_izfmr6s wrote

Yeah, but they call them "Turbines" because it sounds cooler.

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TXOgre09 t1_izivmmg wrote

The blades in the jet engine don’t propel the plane. The exhaust jet does. The jet engine blade assemblies are compressors up front and turbines in the back.

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