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Old 12th July 2006 | 15:23
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Mad (Flt) Scientist
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Gas turbine engines don't come close to using all the oxygen in the airflow; if they did the turbine temperatures would be ENORMOUS - both due to the huge amount of combustion going on and due to the lack of (unconsumed) air to use as cooling flow.
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