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aircraft engine
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engine designed for use in powered aircraft
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Within Vinony's link graph, aircraft engine is referenced by 4,512 other articles, and connects out to unmanned aerial vehicle, jet engine and turbofan.
It is catalogued under topics including Aircraft engines, Aviation technology and Incomplete lists from March 2025.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
A Rolls-Royce Merlin installed in a preserved Avro York
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many small UAVs have used electric motors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “aircraft engine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.