FJ44 Turbofan Earns Its Stripes

When engineer Sam Williams first envisioned a small, simple turbofan based on high-technology materials and manufacturing methods, no class of airplanes existed to provide a market for an engine generating less than 2,000 pounds of thrust. It was the mid 1970s, and few outside the defense industry...

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