Once the jet engine allowed mass air travel, pampering and soothing stopped and the whiff of romance became an advertising copywriter's fiction.

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Imagine if the Air Force had decided in the early 1950s that it would protect jet engine secrets.

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As the wine passes through the funnel, air sucks into the holes making a sound like a very small jet engine.

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In jet aircraft, purifying cabin air would save on fuel needed to compress fresh air bled from the engine to ventilate the cabin.

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On most jet aircraft, hot air from the engines is routed through piping in the wings, tail and engine openings to heat their surfaces and prevent icing.

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