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September 15, 2004
A turbine engine has a centerbody (38) within a gas flowpath and a downstream tailcone (58) and a pilot (56) at an upstream end of the tailcone (58). A flameholder (82) is positioned in the flowpath outboard of the centerbody (38). The pilot (56) has a first surface (64) diverging in a downstream direction.
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