Classifying engines and their importance

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1. Principles of aircraft propulsion
2. The Otto cycle
3. Construction of a piston engine
4. The Brayton cycle and the gas turbine
5. Turbojet and turbofan engines
6. Turboprop and turboshaft engines
7. Classifying engines and their importance