Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Allison Division, General Motors Corporation
- Designer
- General Electric Aircraft Engines
- Physical Description
- Type: Turbojet
- Thrust: 17,347 N (3,900 lb)
- Compressor: Single-stage centrifugal
- Combustor: 14 chambers
- Turbine: Single-stage axial
- Weight: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
- Summary
- In 1943, the Army asked GE to propose a 13,344 to 17,792 N (3,000 to 4,000 lb) thrust turbojet engine. GE's response was the I-40 (J33), a centrifugal-flow engine that could be produced in a short time, as well as the axial-flow TG-180 (J35), which required a longer development time. First off the block, the I-40 went into service in 1945 in America's first operational jet fighter, the Lockheed P-80A.
- To meet wartime needs, production was licensed to the Allison Division of General Motors. When World War II ended, the Army Air Forces re-evaluated its production program, and turned over all post-war production of the J33 to Allison.
- The J33 was GE's first turbojet engine of its own design, the last all-centrifugal-flow engine built by GE, and last used in U.S. military combat aircraft. The J33 powered many first generation U.S. military jet aircraft. This engine powered the Lockheed F-80C and TF-80C.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Circa 1948
- Inventory Number
- A19600241000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Turbines (Jet)
- Materials
- HAZMAT: Cadmium
- Aluminum Alloy
- Possible Copper Alloy
- Ferrous Alloy
- Natural Fiber Thread
- Phenolic Resin
- Rubber
- Paint
- Ink
- Adhesive Tape
- Solder
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 279.4 × 142.9 × 124.5cm (9 ft. 2 in. × 4 ft. 8 1/4 in. × 4 ft. 1 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19600241000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv992b7e3c0-9cd9-4afb-9921-70ada5f15904
