The J-57 Afterburner Engine 1964 US Air Force Training Film TF-5628

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Originally a public domain film from the US Air Force, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_&_Whitney_J57

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The Pratt & Whitney J57 (company designation: JT3C) is an axial-flow turbojet engine developed by Pratt & Whitney in the early 1950s. The J57 (first run January 1950) was the first 10,000 lbf (45 kN) thrust class engine in the United States. The J57/JT3C was developed into the J75/JT4A turbojet, JT3D/TF33 turbofan, and PT5/T57 turboprop (of which only one was built)...

Design and development

The J57 was a development of the Pratt & Whitney XT45 (PT4) turboprop engine that was originally intended for the Boeing XB-52. As the B-52 power requirements grew, the design evolved into a turbojet, the JT3.

The J57 used titanium alloys and the Ti-150 alloy used in the mid 1950s suffered hydrogen embrittlement until the problem was understood.

The prestigious Collier Trophy for 1952 was awarded to Leonard S. Hobbs, Chief Engineer of United Aircraft Corporation, for "designing and producing the P&W J57 turbojet engine".

On May 25, 1953, a J57-powered YF-100A exceeded Mach 1 on its first flight. The engine was produced from 1951 to 1965 with a total of 21,170 built.

One XT57 (PT5), a turboprop development of the J57, was installed in the nose of a JC-124C (BuNo 52-1069), and tested in 1956...

J57 (Military)

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and KC-135 Stratotanker

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

Convair YB-60

Douglas A3D Skywarrior

Douglas F4D Skyray

Douglas F5D Skylancer

Lockheed U-2

Martin B-57 Canberra

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo

North American F-100 Super Sabre

Northrop SM-62 Snark

Vought F-8 Crusader

JT3C (Civilian)

Boeing 707

Boeing 720

Douglas DC-8

T57 turboprop

Douglas JC-124C Globemaster II testbed

Douglas C-132 (not built)

Engines on display

A J57 cutaway is on display at the New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.

A J57 cutaway is on public display at the Aerospace Museum of California. It is s/n 35 used on the XB-52 program.