Re: [Spridgets] UK guys, Scotland,

["David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>]

> When did turboprop aircraft become jet prop?  Is it the same engine  only
> they finally thought up a more accurate name for it since the turboprop 
> doesn't
> have a turbocharger because it's a jet?

W E S L A K E ,
Think about it a little bit more... A turbocharger is called that because it 
has a turbine inside there that is turned by the exhaust gas. A turboprop is 
called that because it has a propeller which is turned by, guess what? Yup, 
a turbine. It is a perfectly accurate term.
David Lieb 
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