The General Electric J47 turbojet (GE company designation TG-190) was developed by General Electric from its earlier J35. It first flew in May 1948. The...
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The General Electric J73 turbojet was developed by General Electric from the earlier J47 engine. Its original USAF designation was J47-21, but with innovative...
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of the engine was on 20 May 1955 with the engine installed in a General Electric J47-powered North American B-45C Tornado (serial 48-009). In flight the...
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GE Aerospace (redirect from General Electric Aircraft Engines)
same design, the TG-190. This engine finally emerged as the famed General Electric J47, which saw a great demand for several military aircraft; a second...
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Allison J35 (redirect from General Electric J35)
Cost: US$ 46,000 each Related development Allison J71 General Electric T31 General Electric J47 Comparable engines Rolls-Royce Avon Tumansky RD-9 Related...
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Avro Canada Orenda (section General characteristics)
other early jet engines in design, like the Rolls-Royce Avon or General Electric J47. Over 4,000 Orendas of various marks were delivered during the 1950s...
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wings for improved maneuverability while replacing the original General Electric J47 engine with the locally designed more-powerful Avro Canada Orenda...
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their full complement of KB-50s. KB-50s, and later KB-50Js with two General Electric J47 jet engines were used by TAC, and also by USAFE and PACAF overseas...
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(220–240 knots). In the early 1960s, the Tactical Air Command added General Electric J47 two twin- jet pods from retired KB-50 aerial tankers to produce the...
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nuclear aircraft engine occurred on January 31, 1956 using a modified General Electric J47 turbojet engine. The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program was terminated...
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770 sq ft) Gross weight: 162,305 kg (357,500 lb) Powerplant: 4 × General Electric J47 turbojets, 23.1 kN (5,200 lbf) thrust each Powerplant: 6 × Pratt...
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airframe, tip tanks for greater fuel capacity, and more powerful General Electric J47-15 turbojet engines. Only 10 would be delivered from an order of...
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developed and tested in 1966 in the United States. Two second-hand General Electric J47-19 jet engines, originally used as boosters for the Convair B-36...
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the 20 mm (0.8 in) cannons. The engine was the General Electric J47-GE-2, a navalized version of the J47-GE-27 used in the F-86F. The naval modifications...
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Allison. The General Electric J47-GE-7 engine was used in the F-86A-1 producing a thrust of 5,200 lbf (23 kN), while the General Electric J73-GE-3 engine...
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Lakes region. They streamlined a Budd Rail Diesel Car, added two General Electric J47-19 jet engines, and nicknamed it the M-497 Black Beetle. Testing...
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strive to attain superior performance until the 1960s, although the General Electric J47 provided excellent service in the F-86 Sabre in the 1950s. By the...
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unorthodox design, first flying on 28 October 1949, was fitted with three General Electric J47 engines - an unusual number for a combat aircraft - two underneath...
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Likewise, production aircraft were intended to be built with the General Electric J47 engines with 5,200 lbf (23 kN) static thrust rather than the J35s...
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XJ34-WE-7 turbojets of the prototypes were to be substituted for two General Electric J47 jets in production models. One of the two XF-87 prototypes was to...
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two driven; in the event, FIM happily accepted it) powered by a General Electric J47 turbojet engine. On August 5, 1963, this first Spirit made its first...
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airframes. JKC-97G One aircraft was modified to test the underwing General Electric J47-GE-23 jet engines, and was later designated KC-97L. HC-97G KC-97Gs...
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518 lb (6,132 kg) Gross weight: 19,975 lb (9,060 kg) Powerplant: 1 × General Electric J47-GE-17B , 5,425 lbf (24.13 kN) thrust dry, 7,500 lbf (33 kN) with...
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competing vehicles, the engine was ex-military. The first Spirit had a General Electric J47 engine from an F-86 and was tested at Bonneville Salt Flats in 1962...
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approaching flights. Beginning with the B-36D, Convair added a pair of General Electric J47-19 jet engines suspended near the end of each wing which were also...
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for this modification was YB-47C. The B-47 was equipped with six General Electric J47 turbojets, each rated at 5,200 pounds-force (23 kN) thrust. The engines...
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Tumansky RD-9 (section General characteristics)
afterburner Thrust-to-weight ratio: 5.2 Comparable engines Allison J35 General Electric J47 Related lists List of aircraft engines designation is just a placeholder...
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testing during flight. This plane was used to test the Allison J35, General Electric J47 and J73 jet engines. The XB-29H to test armament configurations was...
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planned to be also used in the CAC CA-23 previously, rather than the General Electric J47. In theory, the Avon was capable of more than double the maximum...
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improved over time. The General Electric J47 of 1950s weighed 2,554 lbs and had thrust to weight of 2.34. The General Electric J79 turbojet of the 1960s...
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