Talk:Turbomeca Astafan

A fact from Turbomeca Astafan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 July 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as a variable-pitch turbofan aircraft engine, the Turbomeca Astafan could generate reverse thrust in midair without the use of a thrust reverser?

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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Turbofan and Turbojet Engines: database handbook by Élodie Roux. This contains specifications for several versions of the Astafan.
Images of Turbomeca's Turbo Commander test vehicles equipped with Astafans: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8] & [9]. These images would probably require relicencing to be used on Wikipedia.
Aviation Magazine (564) (1971-06-15) (available for purchase), which mentions the Astafan in the 1971 Paris Air Show issue
Aviation Week ShowNews, NBAA 2000, which suggests that Ted Smith of Aerostar owned one of the Turbo Commander testbeds
ISAE's 2007 annual report, which notes that ISAE is replacing its Astafan test stand with a more reliable, more modern unit
Post in Commander-List Digest Archive, describing the history of one Turbo Commander testbed (probably fails WP:RS, unless expertise of poster can be established)
Aerostar: The Aerostar Log (Fall 2008) 37 (4) reprinting material from Aerostar Log in November 1974 including Ted Smith's speech that includes his experience with the Astafan, and the design decisions related to using it in the Aerostar

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