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TIL Cessna made a budget Fighter Jet using Cessna jet engines and other Cessna parts.
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TIL Cessna made jet engines.
Ive only ever associated them with props.
Cessna citation is a very successful line of business jets
Citation needed
Cessna[1]
Well the jet engines themselves are from Honeywell, but it's the one they use in their business jets.
Honeywell, the the same company that made my desk fan?
Honeywell Aerospace employee here. If you've ever flown with any major airline, there's a very high chance the plane you were on had one of our auxiliary power units, which is basically a smaller turbine engine that starts the main engines and powers the electronics. We also make Christmas trees!
I will always think fondly of Honeywell because they assisted Kubrick and his production designers create plausible computer technology for 2001: A Space Odyssey based on what they understood in 1968.
Those must be some expensive Christmas trees.
A turbojet is just a desk fan with extra steps
And fired equipment safety systems. And thermostats. And industrial control systems. And toasters. I’m never surprised when someone says Honeywell makes x.
And my thermostat?
And my sword!
no, Honeywell, the same company that makes hand scanners
Ikr
Mad props to them.
.... I'm sorry, I'll show myself out.
They even have a turboprop, which is a jet engine with a propeller!