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Readers outside of North America likely prefer the spelling “tyre” when referring to the rubber portion of an aircraft wheel. Please bear with me as I use the spelling common in my neighborhood
The turbojet engine was the first type of jet engine ever developed. These aircraft engine types were used exclusively for the earliest jets, including the De Havilland Comet and Boeing 707.
Most of the larger aircraft you'll see with a propeller use a turbine-based engine. The development of these types of engines began during the 1930s, and they were introduced to commercial aviation after World War II in the late 1940s and 1950s.
The earliest plane engine types were based on combustion engines, which were then attached to a propeller. For 40 years after the Wright brother's first flight at Kitty Hawk, aircraft exclusively used piston propeller engines to generate thrust. Engine and propeller technology (and power) have improved significantly throughout the years, but today's piston engine types still work much the same way.
