An Engineering Marvel - Pratt and Whitney J58 Turbojet Engine
by KJ Swan
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An Engineering Marvel - Pratt and Whitney J58 Turbojet Engine
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KJ Swan
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It's an amazing engineering achievement to build a set of turbojet engines capable of powering the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart (a top-secret spy plane capable of high-altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency by Lockheed's Skunk Works), the Lockheed M-21 (spy-plane with drone), the YF-12 Interceptor (an American experimental fighter-interceptor), the SR-71 Blackbird (long-range, high-altitude, Mach3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft used by the US Military and NASA) and the SR-71 trainer aircraft.
The Pratt & Whitney J58 (jT11D-20) Turbojet engines will accelerate a Blackbird to speeds over three times sound, at an altitude of 85,000 feet while burning over 133 gallons of fuel per minute - an extraordinarily fast but expensive machine to fly.
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December 27th, 2021
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