The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft and a supersonic cruise missile. The...
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Electric Aircraft Engines in the late 1950s. It was a civilian version of the J79 and differed only in detail. It was developed in two versions. The basic...
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The General Electric F404 and F412 are a family of afterburning turbofan engines in the 10,500–19,000 lbf (47–85 kN) class (static thrust). The series...
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aircraft engine designations Related development General Electric J47 General Electric J79 General Electric YJ93 Comparable engines Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire...
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Mirage 5, with Israeli avionics and an Israeli-built version of the General Electric J79 turbojet engine. The project that would ultimately give birth to...
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(128 kN). The YJ93 started life as the General Electric J79-X275, an enlarged version of the General Electric J79 turbojet with "275" meaning Mach 2.75...
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GE Aerospace (redirect from General Electric Aircraft Engines)
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, is an American aircraft engine supplier that is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati...
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The General Electric LM1500 is an industrial and marine gas turbine produced by GE Aviation. The LM1500 is a derivative of the General Electric J79 aircraft...
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during the close competition of 1964 and 1965. It was powered by a General Electric J79 taken from an F-104 Starfighter. The jet engine had a four-stage...
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deterrent to Chinese MiG-15 and MiG-17 fighters. Problems with the General Electric J79 engine and a preference for fighters with longer ranges and heavier...
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dB Sideline: 117 dB Approach: 107 dB Related development General Electric J79 General Electric YJ93 Comparable engines Kuznetsov NK-32 Rolls-Royce/Snecma...
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Lyulka AL-21 (section General characteristics)
Arkhip Lyulka. The AL-21 is closely similar in technology to the General Electric J79 first flown in 1955, which was the first engine for supersonic flight...
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The General Electric TF39 is a high-bypass turbofan engine that was developed to power the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. The TF39 was the first high-power, high-bypass...
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Sapphire), the Wright J67 (a license-built Bristol Olympus) or the General Electric J79, with all of the engines giving an estimated speed of at least Mach...
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Convair B-58 Hustler (category Aircraft specs templates using more general parameter)
interceptors such as the Convair F-102. The bomber was powered by four General Electric J79 engines in underwing pods. It had no bomb bay; it carried a single...
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Neil Burgess Jr. (section J79)
designer. Working at General Electric with Gerhard Neumann, they won the 1958 Collier Trophy for their work on the General Electric J79 turbojet engine which...
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Triebwerkbau GmbH was engaged in the production under licence of the General Electric J79-11A turbojet engine for the German Air Force's Lockheed F-104 Starfighter...
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as the General Electric F404 or the Pratt & Whitney F100 were not available to Taiwan and both the General Electric J85 and General Electric J79 were considered...
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The CL1200-1 would use an uprated version of the F-104 engine, the General Electric J79 with a later variant known as the CL1200-2 to be powered by a Pratt...
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Aircraft engine starting (section Electric starter)
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and variants of the F-4 Phantom using the General Electric J79 turbojet engine. Versions of the Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine...
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Super Tiger. This was the result of a 1955 study to fit the new General Electric J79 engine into the F11F airframe. The Navy was sufficiently interested...
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enable easier stowage onboard aircraft carriers. Two widely spaced General Electric J79 turbojet engines were supplied with air through inlets with variable...
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Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 9780806901305. The car was powered by a General Electric J79 GE-3 jet engine, developing 15000 lbs. static thrust at sea level...
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operated from. The British Rolls-Royce Spey engines replacing the US General Electric J79 were a political necessity given the cancellation of the supersonic...
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was the replacement of the Atar engine by an Israeli-built General Electric J79 engine. The J79 was a popular American engine for combat aircraft, having...
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testing was carried out with the XRSSM-N-9a, equipped with the General Electric J79-GE-3 turbojet and a Rocketdyne solid-fueled rocket booster to allow...
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airframe, 166 built. F-101D proposed version with General Electric J79 engines, not built F-101E another J79 proposal, not built F-101F dual-control trainer...
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clandestinely through a Swiss source, was powered with a United States General Electric J79 engine, but embodied Israeli-designed and Israeli-produced components...
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Rolls-Royce Avon with variable inlet guide vanes and interstage bleed, the General Electric J79 with variable inlet guide vanes and variable stators, the Bristol...
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the Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan for the General Electric J79 turbojet. The Spey was shorter but wider than the J79, which meant that the British Phantoms'...
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