Propulsion Systems Laboratory – Return to Jet Engines
Return to Jet Engines In the late 1960s and 1970s, PSL undertook a series of engine studies for civilian and military aircraft. NASA also created two larger PSL test chambers to support the increased aeronautics work. NASA Glenn Research CenterHistoric Facilities Propulsion Systems Laboratory (PSL) No. 1 and 2 Overview Addition of PSL No. 3 and 4 Engine Calibration Study Full-Scale Engine Research Effects of Air Flow and Distortion Pratt & Whitney F-100 Equipment Building Explosion Overview After nearly a decade of concentrating on rockets, the Lewis Research Center began returning to aircraft propulsion in 1966. During the interim, the jet engine took over the airline industry, and manufacturers were developing the next generation of the jet engine: the turbofan. The jumbo jet generation of airliners that emerged in the early 1970s was almost entirely powered by turbofan engines. Much of the work at PSL during the mid-1970s concentrated on making turbofan engines quieter and more efficient. NASA Lewis instituted an Airbreathing Engine...