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The Pratt & Whitney J58 - The Engine of the SR-71 Blackbird
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| 08/30/2022
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Posted on 09/20/2022 8:25:52 PM PDT by mabarker1
Some personal history about the Prat & Whitney J58 Engine (SR-71 power plant) from one of the Engineers that helped develop it.
All of you Gearheads pay attention at about the 14:45 Time Stamp.
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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Science
KEYWORDS: airzoo; aviation; blackbird; godsgravesglyphs; j58engine; pratrwhitney; prattandwhitney; sr71
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A few more to watch:
SR-71B Blackbird Walkaround with its former Crew Chief https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSXckp6OP28
SR-71B Blackbird Cockpit Tour with its Former Instructor https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tSXckp6OP28
Author Brian Shul on piloting the SR-71 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6nuAZfKSvvg&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D
Enjoy!!!
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posted on
09/20/2022 8:25:52 PM PDT
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mabarker1
To: Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; carriage_hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; Squantos; ...
Ping to the usual suspects ðĪŠ
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posted on
09/20/2022 8:27:16 PM PDT
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mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: mabarker1
I just want to strap 2 J-58s to a 1974 Pinto...ðð
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09/20/2022 8:29:16 PM PDT
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
https://www.airzoo.org
Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum | Kalamazoo, MI
The Air Zoo is located at 6151 Portage Road in Portage, MI, halfway between Detroit and Chicago. We’re off I-94 (exit 78), just south of the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport. Please note, MDOT has begun working on I-94 near the Portage Rd Exit and there may be detours.
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09/20/2022 8:29:31 PM PDT
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mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: SaveFerris
LOL !!!
I had one of those fuel/air bombs on wheels back when I was 16. The guy I bought it from had done some engine work like Balancing and High Compression Piston and added a 4BBL Holley carb to it.
Had the 2.0 Liter or 121 Cubic Inch engine. He sold it because it kept fouling out spark plugs because he didn’t rejet the carb to the correct Fuel/Air Ratio.
I fixed that and put NGK Spark Plugs in it. Ran like a scalded ape after that.
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posted on
09/20/2022 8:38:30 PM PDT
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mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: mabarker1
It’s interesting that the Pratt & Whitney J58 engine was originally designed for the Martin P6M SeaMaster flying boat.
Modern history topic, no ping, just adding the topic to the catalog.
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posted on
09/20/2022 8:41:10 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: mabarker1
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posted on
09/20/2022 8:43:30 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
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To: mabarker1
As a young USAF Airman Second Class back in the '60s, my first assignment after a year of electronics school was to the 9th Strategic Recon Wing - - the SR-71.
The aircraft was not known as the 'Blackbird' at the time, and I hadn't really heard much about it.
It didn't take long for me to appreciate just what I was working on, the amazing capabilities and the Buch Rogers stuff that we were using. Best duty ever for a USAF Airman.
Fast forward to a few years ago, working as a docent for an aviation museum that had a real live J58.
It fell to me to give presentations on the engine, and of course the aircraft. The truly astonishing engineering triumphs of an engine that could function as both a turbojet and also a ramjet is an underappreciated feat.
I'll watch the vid, and I'm sure that I'll learn even more about the incredible J58.
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posted on
09/20/2022 8:44:25 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
To: All
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posted on
09/20/2022 8:55:43 PM PDT
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RomanSoldier19
(Res ad Triarios venit)
To: T.B. Yoits
Yeah until the USN saw the cost...
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posted on
09/20/2022 9:28:01 PM PDT
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mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: SunkenCiv
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09/20/2022 9:28:29 PM PDT
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mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: Seaplaner
That’s awesome !!! I would have been pissing on myself if I had the opportunity to work on something like that...
And Thank You for Your Service !!!
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09/20/2022 9:32:48 PM PDT
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mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: Larry Lucido
Thank You, I was going to do that but the dinner bell went off.
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09/20/2022 9:33:52 PM PDT
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mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: mabarker1
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09/20/2022 9:47:40 PM PDT
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mylife
(And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
09/20/2022 9:52:05 PM PDT
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mylife
(And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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09/20/2022 9:58:18 PM PDT
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mylife
(And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
To: mabarker1
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09/20/2022 10:03:57 PM PDT
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logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: mylife
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posted on
09/20/2022 10:13:01 PM PDT
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SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
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09/20/2022 10:29:28 PM PDT
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mylife
(And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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