Home›Aircraft Engines›All Aircraft EnginesBrowse ByAll Aircraft EnginesReference and ClassificationDevelopingPowerplants built to propel heavier-than-air aircraft, spanning the piston radial and inline engines of the propeller era and the turbojet, turbofan and turboprop engines that followed. Belongs here: named aircraft engine families and specific models, whether piston or jet, civil or military. Does not belong here: automotive, locomotive or marine engines, even where an aircraft engine design was later adapted for another use.FactsAll Aircraft EnginesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1903 CE 1All Aircraft EnginesFilter Results14 entriesEngine TypeAllPiston Aero Engines (7)Turbojet and Turbofan Engines (6)ConfigurationAllFlat or Boxer (1)H Configuration (1)Opposed-Piston (1)Radial (3)V-Configuration (1)Fuel or CycleAllDiesel (1)Gasoline / Petrol (5)Jet Fuel / Turbine (5)YearAll1931 (1)1933 (1)1937 (1)1938 (1)1939 (1)1940 (1)1944 (1)1950 (1)1955 (1)1963 (1)1985 (1)ManufacturerAllD. Napier & Son (1)General Electric (1)Junkers (2)Porsche AG (1)Pratt & Whitney (3)Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (3)Wright Aeronautical (1)CylindersAll6 (1)12 (1)14 (1)18 (2)24 (1)Vehicle FittedAllBlohm and Voss BV 138 (1)Boeing 727 (1)Boeing 737 (1)Consolidated PBY Catalina (1)de Havilland Comet (1)Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1)Douglas DC-9 (1)English Electric Lightning (1)Gloster E.28/39 (1)Grumman F6F Hellcat (1)Lockheed Constellation (1)McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (1)Mooney M20 (1)North American P-51 Mustang (1)Sud Aviation Caravelle (1)Supermarine Spitfire (1)Invented ByAllAlan Arnold Griffith (1)Frank Halford (1)Frank Whittle (1)Hans von Ohain (1)Pioneered ByAllFrank Halford (1)Frank Whittle (1)Hans von Ohain (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14Gas-turbine engineAircraft EnginesGeneral Electric J79Aircraft EnginesJet engineAircraft EnginesJunkers Jumo 004Aircraft EnginesJunkers Jumo 205Aircraft EnginesNapier SabreAircraft EnginesPorsche PFM 3200 engineAircraft EnginesPratt & Whitney JT8DAircraft EnginesPratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin WaspAircraft EnginesPratt & Whitney R-2800 Double WaspAircraft EnginesRolls-Royce AvonAircraft EnginesRolls-Royce MerlinAircraft EnginesRolls-Royce NeneAircraft EnginesWright R-3350 Duplex-CycloneAircraft EnginesSources1. Wikipedia: Wright Flyertier 2WikipediaWright Flyer, first flight dateThe Wright Flyer... made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on December 17, 1903.Wright Flyer, engine design sectionSince they could not find a suitable automobile engine for the task, they commissioned their employee Charlie Taylor to build a new design from scratch, a lightweight 12-horsepower (9-kilowatt) gasoline engine, weighing 180 pounds (82 kg), with a 1-US-gallon (3.8 L; 0.83 imp gal) fuel tank.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.