The Westinghouse J40 was an early high-performance afterburning turbojet engine designed by Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division starting in 1946...
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(J40), a Japanese off-road vehicle Westinghouse J40, an American turbojet engine This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title J40...
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performance. The Demon was originally designed to be powered by the Westinghouse J40 turbojet engine, which suffered severe problems including low thrust...
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Aviation: Westinghouse produced the first operational American turbojet for the US Navy program in 1943. After many successes, the ill-fated J40 project...
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portions of the aircraft were produced by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, including its early Westinghouse J40 turbojet engines, which failed to meet...
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Navy fighter jets), Westinghouse began development of the J40, with a target thrust of 7500 lb. (10,900 lb. with afterburner). The J40 program was plagued...
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fulfil a formal requirement issued in 1948. The decision to adopt the Westinghouse J40 turbojet engine to power it would lead to considerable difficulties...
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Pratt & Whitney J57 eventually fitted to the Skyray instead of the Westinghouse J40 originally planned. Soon the design became too different from the Skyray...
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the smaller J34. It was seen as a lower development risk than the Westinghouse J40 which was in parallel development at the same time. The development...
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during the latter half of 1951, however, severe difficulties with the Westinghouse J40 that powered many of its potential competing aircraft and thus the...
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pre-production Douglas F4D Skyray, with the J79 in place of its original Westinghouse J40 engine as part of the General Electric development and qualification...
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development was hampered by its use of the chronically unreliable Westinghouse J40 turbojet, which, as on other aircraft of this period, made the Jaguar...
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development of yet another revision—in July 1948, Model 464-40 substituted Westinghouse J40 turbojets for the turboprops. The USAF project officer who reviewed...
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essentially an unmanned high performance jet, powered by two afterburning Westinghouse J40 turbojets and equipped with retractable landing gear for take off and...
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period as the "Ultimate Interceptor". The Interim design would use the Westinghouse J40 engine, already available (although low power), and the Hughes E-9...
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ratio: 1.52 Related development BMW 003 SNECMA Atar Comparable engines Westinghouse J40 Related lists List of aircraft engines Christopher, p. 74 Kay 2002...
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the prototypes and pre-production aircraft with the less-powerful Westinghouse J40 turbojet. During early 1953, by which point construction of the first...
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the Avco Lycoming company, who were making drive gearboxes for the Westinghouse J40 engine. In some engines, bleed air is also tapped to provide power...
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List of aircraft engines (section Westinghouse)
Westinghouse J30 Westinghouse J32 Westinghouse J34 Westinghouse J40 Westinghouse J43 Westinghouse J45 Westinghouse J46 Westinghouse J50 Westinghouse J54...
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first flight occurred on 14 October 1953. The X-10 was powered by two Westinghouse J40 turbojet engines with afterburners, and equipped with landing gear...
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Douglas B-66 Destroyer and the McDonnell F3H-2 Demon after the failed Westinghouse J40 proved unworkable. The prototype P6M-1 SeaMasters were also fitted...
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ejection. Mills will pass away on 25 May 2007. The whole J40 project, upon which Westinghouse had staked their engine division's future, suffered developmental...
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