How to Use turbojet in a Sentence

turbojet

noun
  • The plane would need to transition back to to the turbojet to slow down and land.
    Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2018
  • At the core of a turbofan is a turbojet, which compresses and heats air to push it through turbines and out the back of the engine for thrust.
    Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The Harpoon uses a rocket booster to achieve flight, whereupon an aircraft-like Teledyne turbojet kicks in.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Concerns over the sonic boom first arose with the introduction of the Concorde – the infamous British-French passenger turbojet that could hit a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound.
    Andrew O'Reilly, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Hermeus will use its hybrid engine in turbojet mode when taking off and landing, as well as at subsonic speeds.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Drones displayed by Iran have had TJ100 turbojets (or engines that are nearly identical knockoffs).
    Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Powered by turbojet missiles, cruise missiles are essentially uncrewed airplanes built to fly a single, one-way trip to their targets.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2021
  • To bridge the gap, Aerojet Rocketdyne will need to both increase the maximum operational speed of the turbojet and decrease the minimum operational speed of a ramjet.
    Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2017
  • This means the ramjet can activate only after some other engine—in this case a turbojet—accelerates the vehicle to a high speed forcing air into the ramjet’s air inlet.
    Anatoly Zak, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Modern cruise missiles use turbojet or turbofan engines and typically have ranges of 1,000 miles or so, a limit that is dictated by their fuel supply.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2019
  • Buresvestnik uses a gasoline powered engine, probably a turbojet, to take off.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2019
  • These temperatures are a fraction of those seen in a typical commercial jet engine; the combustion chamber of a conventional turbojet can reach 2,000 degrees Celsius.
    Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Unlike traditional missiles that use rocket motors, fly high altitudes, and travel at Mach 2+ speeds, cruise missiles use turbojet engines, fly at low altitudes, and travel at subsonic speeds.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Not surprisingly pilots are generally high-time multi-engine- or turbojet-qualified operators, usually with air transport certifications.
    Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2020

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