History of Gas Turbines in Airplanes Lecture (Oral History 1998)
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Part 1: One of the pioneers of gas turbines Robert Hendrickson takes on a full history of gas turbines in airplanes, with a emphasis on General Electric work in Schenectady, New York.
Pre WW2, A turboprop, A turbojet. Descriptions of blades, inlets, compressor, radial inflow turbine. Experimental planes and helicopters. FJ-2 Fury, Saberjet F-86, CV B-36.

VHS tape recording from 1998 as part of ESAM (The Empire State Aeroscience Museum). Video preserved by the Edison Tech Center, distributed on public access channels, and now available in full form on the internet.

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