Abstract: Air heater having an outer manifold and an inner combustion chamber with a common longitudinal axis, and a burner in the rear end of the chamber, of which the manifold has an air inlet in its rear end and a constricted air outlet in its front end, and the combustion chamber has in its peripheral wall a plurality of ports through which to divert part of the air from the manifold into the chamber for its heat-up by the burner flame therein and discharge through the open end of the chamber.