Word: turbojet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...long fuselage and short, 25-ft., batlike wings, only half the spread of the Skyraider. But the plane has the range and bombload (including the Abomb) to match most World War II medium bombers. The engine is a Wright J-65 turbojet (7,200 Ibs. of thrust), and though its speed is a tightly guarded secret, experts say it can outrace Russia's latest-model MIG interceptors, make its way home without escort...
After years of experiment, the U.S. Air Force has a supersonic, delta-wing aircraft in production. It is the F-102 interceptor, made by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. Its engine is a Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet. The F-102 has a vertical fin with a conventional rudder, but it has no horizontal tail surfaces. The trailing edges of the triangular wings carry "elevens" that do double service as ailerons and "flippers" (elevator controls...
BABY gas turbine, the size of an auto engine but six to eight times as powerful, is being developed by General Electric for the Navy. The small engine will be used primarily to power helicopters, but can also be converted into a turbojet or turboprop for light, fixed-wing aircraft...
...workhorse look comes from its wide tailpipe and the wide air intake in its nose, which give it a chopped-off look. The wings are swept back at 45° (the Sabre's sweepback: 35°), and the engine is a Pratt & Whitney J-57-7 turbojet, which delivers 10,000 Ibs. of thrust with afterburner (the Sabre's thrust: about...
...Boutelle, a plain-talking, shirtsleeve executive who moved up from plant boss in 1949, has plenty of other products to keep him hustling. He still has a big backlog of Air Force C-ngs, and three Fairchild plants on Long Island are busy making everything from components for J47 turbojet engines to Fairchild's own J44 turbojet to power the Firebee robot target plane. Fairchild is also 1) working on a new, 25-ton pocket submarine, and 2) experimenting with a small lightweight earthmover that can be carried...