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"The Tu-95RT variant in particular was a veritable icon of the Cold War as it performed a vital maritime surveillance and targeting mission for other aircraft and surface ships and submarines. It was identifiable by a large bulge under the fuselage, which housed a radar antenna that was used to search for and target surface ships. The US Navy placed high priority in intercepting the Tu-95RT aircraft at least two hundred miles from the carrier with its F-14 Tomcat interceptors, which would then escort the Tu-95. On occasion, USN Tomcats demonstrated an ability to intercept Tu-95RT aircraft at ranges up to 1,000 miles from the fighters' carrier battle group.

I don't know much about this plane, but it looks like it is some sort of prop plane and not a jet. Am I correct?

I don't know much about this plane, but it looks like it is some sort of prop plane and not a jet. Am I correct?

Yes - "The Tu-95 is powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engines, each driving contra-rotating propellers..."

Guess that means turboprops aren't considered jets?

Correct.
It has to do not with how combustion takes place in the engine, but how the engine provides propulsion "where the rubber meets the road". Turboprops use a stream of fluid (hot gas) to drive a turbine, but the turbine is not what pulls the plane forward; it's the prop.

Jet engines also have turbines inside, but again, they don't provide thrust- it's the fluid being expelled that does it.

I say "fluid" because it could be air, water, or almost anything that's a fluid: there are marine engines that work on the same principle... and there are even animals, like the squid, that use jet propulsion.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboprop


In the case of the P-51 Mustang, it's neither a turboprop nor jet, but a piston-driven prop. Completely different sort of engine.

No matter what variant it is, when it was built, or what colour it is, how long it is, when it first flew, or if it has winglets or not. its not a jet

Correct.
It has to do not with how combustion takes place in the engine, but how the engine provides propulsion "where the rubber meets the road". Turboprops use a stream of fluid (hot gas) to drive a turbine, but the turbine is not what pulls the plane forward; it's the prop.

Jet engines also have turbines inside, but again, they don't provide thrust- it's the fluid being expelled that does it.

I say "fluid" because it could be air, water, or almost anything that's a fluid: there are marine engines that work on the same principle... and there are even animals, like the squid, that use jet propulsion.

Hm, basically it's a jet with props as the fan.....