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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country for the first time conducted a successful flight test of the MGTD-20 gas turbine engine made by 3D-printing?
A
Russia
B
France
C
Japan
D
China
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Russia has conducted a successful flight test of an MGTD-20 gas turbine 3D-printed aircraft engine.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first successful gas turbine, built in Paris in 1903, consisted of a three-cylinder, multistage reciprocating compressor, a combustion chamber, and an impulse turbine.

Detailed explanation-3: -This engine never ran under its own power. In 1903, while the Wright brothers were on their way to become the first to powered flight, Aegidius Elling of Norway managed to build the first successful gas turbine using both rotary compressors and turbines.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most successful early gas turbines were built by Holzwarth, who developed a series of models between 1908 and 1933. The first industrial application of a gas turbine was installed in a steel works in Hamborn, Germany, in 1933.

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