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[edit] J58 Afterburner

Original - A Pratt & Whitney J58 (the jet engine that powered the SR-71 Blackbird) in the test stand at Edwards AFB, in Full Afterburner. Note how the whole aft section is glowing with the heat. Note also the shock diamonds.
Original - A Pratt & Whitney J58 (the jet engine that powered the SR-71 Blackbird) in the test stand at Edwards AFB, in Full Afterburner. Note how the whole aft section is glowing with the heat. Note also the shock diamonds.
Reason
It's a nice photo that links to a few pages describing various aspects of Ram Jet technology
Articles this image appears in
'Afterburner', 'Pratt & Whitney J58', and 'Shock diamond'
Creator
NASA
  • Support as nominator Zonedar (talk) 15:44, 9 March 2008 (UTC)