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@silenterection7 ай бұрын
I never knew my GE clothes dryer had such pedigree
@oldfatbastad60537 ай бұрын
GE were making steam turbines, turbochargers and superchargers and thats why they got the whittle engine.
@darkwood7777 ай бұрын
Mine sounds like it is ready to take off.
@Real_Claudy_Focan2 ай бұрын
They like everything that spins fast.. Like a GAU-8 30mm gatling guns ! (yes they made that too)
@AgentJayZ7 ай бұрын
Very nice description of GE, and their very successful engines. I feel lucky to have worked on the LM1500, J79, J47, as well as the RR Avon. Got test run footage of all of them posted!
@onkelmicke96707 ай бұрын
Used by some of the most iconic aircraft ever made.
@FlatSix9817 ай бұрын
The F-16 also flew with a J79 as a demonstrator for a possible lower cost/performance export model.
@sidefx9967 ай бұрын
Yes! I forgot about that.
@craiglordable7 ай бұрын
Nothing like the sound of a B-58 with all 4 blowers going on takeoff. I was at 305th BW at Bunker Hill. I never got tired of watching them.
@orangelion037 ай бұрын
The LM1500 was also used for power generation in industrial applications. I recall visiting a GE appliance factory in Ontario Ca (78-79?), on a field trip for an engineering class. Tucked into a corner of the facility was a repair/rebuild shop for those units. I was impressed with the intricacy of the variable stator mechanism and general design and fabrication of these magnificent engines. Such a contrast: on one side of the lot they are manufacturing home steam irons, on the other, working on 13000 hp engines. And on another GE related note, my family and I flew to our new lives in the US on an Aerolinias Peruanas 990, March 1964. Buenos Aires-Lima-Mexico City (TWA 707 to Los Angeles).
@machpodfan7 ай бұрын
I grew up in Venezuela in the mid-Sixties, and flew VIASA Convair 880s to Miami probably 20 times. The engines were unforgettably loud and smoky outside the aircraft, but thanks to extra thick skin and lush insulation, were barely audible inside the cabin, at least in the forward section. Great video, Mike!
@iceblade0197 ай бұрын
i remember as a kid reading about aircraft and noticing how often the J79 appear as the engine of a supersonic plane
@NKBobcat4 ай бұрын
I was a Plane Captain on the RA-5C Vigilante. I spent many hours around the J79 GE -10. Station in RVAH-6 and RVAH-12 in Key West and on the USS Nimitz and USS Saratoga.
@charleswright82757 ай бұрын
The F4 Phantom was the most efficient converter of JP4 to black smoke. The F4 Phantom is still the world record holder of distributed Mig parts. I flew the F4 Phantom N, J, & S models from 1978 to 1981. The S model was produced in 1978 with several improvements, and the engine was improved and operated at a little higher temperature, which reduced the smoke considerably. The F4 could use a lot of fuel very quickly. When doing ACM air combat maneuvering looking outside fighting another airplane I would look back inside just to look at one gauge and that was the fuel gauge. The J79 engine was a marvelous performer and would run as long as it had fuel. I will always miss those days. Charles "Orville" Wright
@eottoe20017 ай бұрын
Thanks, Mike. My friend's father in elementary school worked on that engine in Evandale. My friend brought to class pictures of the first 747s. The cabin spaces were so big it was hard for bunch of 2nd graders to wrap our heads around. Of course we followed planes so we knew.
@towcub2 ай бұрын
This is really fun for us, Mike, as my wife’s father worked as an attorney and sales guy for GE in Evandale, Lynn and Palmdale. And he worked for Allison before that. We got to attend the B1 rollout in Palmdale in 1975 at her father’s invitation. My own father was on the SST Advisory Committee with DOT.
@CharlesOrvilleWright7 ай бұрын
The F4 Phantom was the most efficient converter of JP4 into black smoke. The F4 Phantom is still the world record holder for distributing MiG parts. I flew the F4 N,J & S models from 1978 to 1981. The S model was being produced in 1978 which had some improvements and engine modifications that made the J79 a lot less Smokey which was a major benefit. The J79 engine was a marvelous performer and would always run as long as it had fuel. Believe me when I say the F4 could use a lot of fuel real quick. When doing ACM and zooming around at all attitudes, airspeeds and altitudes I would look back inside to just look at one gauge and that was the fuel gauge. I will always miss those days. Charles “Orville” Wright
@GustavoMonasterio7 ай бұрын
GE made excellent engines, and you have resumed very well its evolution! Keep up the excellent work, Mike! Greetings from Brazil! 🇧🇷
@yetiatlarge5557 ай бұрын
Awesome video . all hail the GE engineers I had a job delivering frozen chickens in Goodyear Arizona to their testing plant where they would fire them into the engines at full throttle it was amazing to watch
@lancerevell59797 ай бұрын
Did they thaw the chickens first? 😅
@maximilliancunningham60917 ай бұрын
What a Bird Mike ! The RA5 Like the B-58, it just reeks of speed, from every angle.
@lancerevell59797 ай бұрын
Navy pilots liked the RA-5C, saying it flew like a fighter. 😎👍
@johnplaninac99807 ай бұрын
The howl of the zipper, once heard one might not forget that sound. The marriage of that engine and airframe is amazing. Another great video. Excellent work as always.
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@dhroman45647 ай бұрын
Great video and I will never forget the howl of the 104 on approach.
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Same here!
@mikelynn47547 ай бұрын
Never seen a Vigilante but will always remember those J79 smokey F4s. Wonderful.
@shelleibach207 ай бұрын
The photo of the 6 jets in the Valkie is amazing....would really be something to see that in person
@zacklewis3427 ай бұрын
Head over to Dayton, Ohio.
@shelleibach207 ай бұрын
Ya been wanting to do that for a long time.....just dont go that way from Arizona@@zacklewis342
@davidgenie-ci5zl7 ай бұрын
Most Excellent Video. Love the boats and cars added at the end. Many super photos through out. THANK YOU!!!!
@saganich747 ай бұрын
Thank you Mike, another great episode!
@bobwilson7584 ай бұрын
We have a vigilante in our little neighborhood of DeBary , Florida . She crashed after takeoff From Sanford Naval Air Station when I was a kid in the’60 s Crew ejected - Now we are proud To have a F-15 Eagle on a nice stick at our park . Great to visit , not fancy , just nice .
@craigw.scribner64907 ай бұрын
Thanks, Mike, as always!
@ianlavery35627 ай бұрын
Love your work mate.😎😎😎❤️❤️❤️
@bobwilson7584 ай бұрын
Engines ! Excellent - Loud , smoky , cool ! Big power -
@user-um6hq2ko2j7 ай бұрын
Thanks Mike. Superb presentation not only on the J79, but on GE's incredible accomplishments in aviation. Well illustrated and exciting to see.
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Appreciate the comment, thanks!
@maxsmodels7 ай бұрын
Another great one Mike.
@sski7 ай бұрын
I will always remember the J79 by its use in the F-4. I was a kid, but my dad would take me to the base and I'd get a good site, smell, and thunderous sound of those J79's back in the day. He was stationed at MacDill AFB during the high days of Vietnam. There were F-4's from TAC lined up on the ramp for days. Good times.
@atatexan7 ай бұрын
Really good, Mike.
@meatballwanger7 ай бұрын
This is the best thing I ever saw.
@AvArIeNmArKu47 ай бұрын
Next suggestion MiG-31M the king Kong interceptor
@bertg.60567 ай бұрын
A fantastic and informative presentation, Mike !
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@paulsmodels7 ай бұрын
Thanks Mike!
@martinpennock94307 ай бұрын
Excellent post as always Mr. Machat! Good history, great presentation as usual. Never knew about the non aviation use of the GE powerplant. Very interesting. Lots of great info as always, and I was surprised at the actaul progreesion of the engines. The nomenclature has always confused me, that is, until now. You make it much clearer, and I thank you for that. As always, God Bless you and your family. Thanks for everything you do! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Take Care Always Sir!!
@CraigLYoung7 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you and your family 😅
@PhantomLover0077 ай бұрын
J79‘s better known as “old, smoky“ are forever melded into my mind with the F4 Phantom. although I know they were used on the starfighter, the vigilante, and the hustler. Did not know they were used on two hydrofoil designs.
@user-ll1sr4lm2f7 ай бұрын
Yeah Jeff, I've worked on the F-21A, Kfir, C-1's that we had from '87-89, in MCAS Yuma, at VMFT-401, with the HUGE : J-79's until March /April of '89 , when we transferred over to the F-5 E's. We've originally got them from the Air Force, and the Navy F-5's from "Top-gun". Years later , after flying the piss out of them , then we 've got SWISS F-5's,,, that's what we currently have.
@ypaulbrown7 ай бұрын
wonderful video Mike, cheers from Florida, Paul
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@glennweaver30146 ай бұрын
Great video Mike. GE made excellent jet engines for some of the most outstanding aircraft ever produced. I was around several of them while serving in the USAF.
@lancerevell59797 ай бұрын
Good video, Mike. And lots of great info! I hope you will do videos on two more excellent jet engines - the J-57 and J-75. 😎👍
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Already have one on the J57, and will post the great J75 early next year. Thanks for watching!
@raynus11607 ай бұрын
Great episode, Mike - really cool material. My first introduction to fighter aircraft was watching a (Orenda J79-powered) CF-104 buzz our family farm on a cold winter's day c.1974. Unforgettable howl. Black smoke. Low level. Fast. Had it been camera-equipped, RCCE techs would've seen six young faces with eyes wide and mouths agape, our toboggans dropped where we stood.
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Neat story, thanks!
@JMdfcv7 ай бұрын
J79s sound good. Aviation Nation 2007 Heritage Flight video on KZbin has a couple of E model (QF-4E painted in honor of Robin Olds) passes in full AB.
@ELMS7 ай бұрын
What an interesting video. Great topic, Mike. It just seems like there’s no end to the different ways of looking at aviation. 👍
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Well said!
@F4GRAPHICS7 ай бұрын
Mike Machat is the coolest dude on yt for anything aircraft-related. Dude's voice is honestly a form of sleep-hypnosis ngl. Jokes aside though, there are so many channels on yt that misinform viewers, Mike's always spot-on though!
@murryrozansky87535 ай бұрын
Another good one.
@alexandrec93727 ай бұрын
Muito bom, obrigado por compartilhar
@gertjelken4247 ай бұрын
J-79 and F -104 Starfighter =Dreamcouple
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@707liner87 ай бұрын
You expect military planes to be loud, but I reckon the loudest, subsonic, airliner, would have to have been the Convair CV-990. I remember seeing Swissair examples at Heathrow and Spantax ones at Birmingham in the '70's, and the noise was just unreal!
@davidgenie-ci5zl7 ай бұрын
I remember the 990 based at NASA Amers Research Center. My building was next to the hanger where it was serviced. Along side was an U2, a Cobra, the XV22, and RSRA to name a few. The Us almost blew my VW over with its exhaust as I crossed the taxiway one morning. The XV22 did a little demo for my one lunch time as I went out on with my camera and took photos, the pilot stopped, hovered close to the ground and did a 360 right in front of me, then went on his way. Those days. We also had the Pacific P3 base on the Navy side, so constant action there too. The NASA 990 came to a sad end when it collided with a P3 on final approach, only one survivor who ended up paralyzed, Navy guy who fell from the stricken plane when the tail got cut off by the 990. Turns out both planes were cleared to land o the same runway. I wasnt working at Ames yet when that happened, but I saw the crash smoke from home, about ten miles away.
@zeroelus7 ай бұрын
As always, wonderful videos and so much information (and unique pictures!) in them. Always a treat to see your videos Mr. Machat! In Mexico we (apparently) came close to having a J79 equipped bird in our air force. Supposedly at some point during the late 70s Mexico was looking to purchase the IAI Kfir, but said move was blocked by the US, specifically because the US did not want Mexico to have the "high tech" J79 another contender in that purchasing round was selected, with Mexico procuring a similar number of F-5E/Fs. After seeing this video I can't help but continue to suspect the high tech nature of the J79 by the late 70s was not really the case anymore (20 years earlier, of course!) and it had some other reasons, but oh well, politics and dollars I know Mexico also entertained buying Mig-29s and SU-25s/27s at some point, but I'm sure that was just to -piss someone off- get someone's attention over at Washington (a once numerous fleet of Mi-8 hips not withstanding).
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Interesting comment, and thanks for watching!
@rael54697 ай бұрын
12:24 The 2707-300 is the only image of the Boeing SST that I remember ever seeing back then. It turned out that people would not tolerate sonic booms over the CONUS and so there was no market for the SST in America.
@charlesrousseau68377 ай бұрын
That is a very nice video on one of aviations greatest engine masterpieces, thank you Mike. Perhaps another idea for a new episode might be the placement of engines on aircraft. For instance, the Heinkel 162 and Cirrus Vision Jet have the same engine layout in common.
@brucefelger40157 ай бұрын
The GE photo shoot with the XB-70 was a disaster just for marketing!
@bobrobert3197 ай бұрын
Great video. Could you please do a short video on the cost of the xB-70 program, specifically the cost of the engines and what it would be in today's dollars? The numbers I came up with were unreal. I think your subscribers would be interested in this topic. Thank you for all the information you present on your channel.
@bunkie21007 ай бұрын
The SAS 990s were leased from Swissair. They lasted only a couple of years with SAS. I remember reading a “farewell” article about the 990 in the SAS in-house magazine “Inside SAS” in 1966 or so.
@jetsons1017 ай бұрын
Mike, a very enjoyable and informative watch. Got an idea; how about a vid on the history of Northrop University in Inglewood and other A&P schools.
@HouseOnFireHelp7 ай бұрын
I’d love if you could cover the GE-4 more in-depth! If memory serves correctly it’s the worlds most powerful after-burning turbojet! I’ve only seen one or two videos that even mentioned the GE-4 in passing, and one single video of the engine actually running.
@gustavogarcia-echeverria11907 ай бұрын
Great video, I loved it, seeing all those great planes from my childhood. Just one little thing, Kfir mean lion cub, not lion. Thank you sir.
@MaxPower-117 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. Very informative. Quick pronunciation corrections on the Kfir… it’s pronounced K’fear (like beer, steer, or deer but with a very short Kh sound at the beginning, rather than Kh-fur). It literally means “lion cub” or “young lion”. The IAI subsidiary Bedek is pronounced BEH-deck (emphasis on the Beh).
@scottwhitmire65777 ай бұрын
Nouvelle Caravalle ❤ Oui.
@oldgoat1427 ай бұрын
The J79 also was in the F-4 Phantom. Great engines but unless you were flying in minimum burner, the Vietnamese could spot them since they were, unfortunately, very smokey.
@zoperxplex6 ай бұрын
Had the Boeing 2707-300 been built that would have been the most beautiful airliner ever.
@sunguar7 ай бұрын
I still say you should have named your channel, "Aviation Chat with Mike Machat".
@overscanpaul7 ай бұрын
Great video, Mike. I think the first GE jet was the 1-A rather than I-A, based on the Whittle/Powerjets W.1A.
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment. In an earlier video on the Bell XP-59, I said "GE One-A engine" and was corrected by a General Electric engineer who said it was the letters "I" and "A" on that sign. Thanks for watching!
@overscanpaul7 ай бұрын
@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 Well, I guess that settles it :)
@TyrannoJoris_Rex7 ай бұрын
Should make a video on the TF39
@bosoerjadi28387 ай бұрын
I remember those J79s being annoyingly smokey, loud and smelly. Precisely the three attributes that those wonderfully gorgeous paintings never had to convey, lol..
@cesararanda42137 ай бұрын
but who doesn't love the J79 howling sounds?
@chuck99877 ай бұрын
Outstanding video. Remarkable Power plant. They were pretty smokey. Trying to find out how much of the technology for the aircraft engines leaked over into the "frame" series gas turbine electrical units. I know GE provided gas turbines for the UP railroad for their high horsepower locomotives back on the 60's and early 70's. They were quite successful until bunker C fuel oil was priced out of range.
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Great comment, thanks!
@chuck99877 ай бұрын
Love the painting of the Vigilante climbing up into the sky. The Revell box scale kit was one of my first aircraft kits as a kid and I absolutely loved the box art of the launch from the flight deck.
@mikeward85977 ай бұрын
Hi Mike, You did'nt mention that GE was black balled by the Air Force for many years, after the loss of the XB-70. The Air force blamed GE for unnecessary loss of the Valkyrie ( and Joe Walker in an F-104) while doing a promo photo shoot for GE.
@scootergeorge70897 ай бұрын
The Douglas F4D Skyray AKA the "Ford" is mentioned 6:10 but not shown. In any case, it was powered by the Pratt and Whitney J57-P-8B turbo-jet with afterburner following the failure of the Westinghouse J-40.
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Aircraft shown at 06:10 is the McDonnell F4H Phantom II, as opposed to the J57-powered Douglas F4D Skyray, Grumman F4F Wildcat, or Boeing F4B biplane fighter. All different Navy designations from different eras. Thanks for watching!
@scootergeorge70897 ай бұрын
@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 Sorry. l I mistook the B for a D.
@garyyoung40747 ай бұрын
Another nice video Mike! I know aircraft and thier engines pretty well, but I learnt 2 new things on this one. Those aft fan versions of the J-79 are new to me. Were the fan blades built into the low speed turbine wheels or what? How was the hot turbine portion sealed from the cool fan section.......interesting. the 2nd was about the XB-70 motor. There is NO WAY an 18k thrust J-79 could reach 60k thrust. That is an entirely different and much bigger motor ....correct? I guess my favorite BEAST motor, the J75 is really only the biggest mass production U.S. pure turbojet. You didn't mention the variable pitch stator blades in the compressor stage. A defining characteristic of that engine...that plus how smokey they were. I think a VERY refined version of this motor....the LM2500 (or something like that) powers our navy destroyers and some FAC'S. Portable generating stations also. Loved your box art too!!!!
@kevinbaird97637 ай бұрын
The XB-70 used the yj93 with a max thrust of about 30,000 lbs. The GE4 was developed for the SST and had a max thrust of about 60 - 65,000 lbs. The key technology that the three shared was the variable stator. Each engine was much larger than the previous.
@garyyoung40747 ай бұрын
@@kevinbaird9763thanks. I'd like to see a pic of the SST motor with a man standing next to it. Must have been massive....a pure turbojet- no bypass fan stage?
@Sacto16547 ай бұрын
The J79 was a good engine, but GE had developed an all-new engine core of what became the F101 military turbofan, with the first application being the B-1 bomber. That same engine core became the basis of arguably the most popular high-bypass turbofan engine, the CFM56.
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Great point, thanks!
@WALTERBROADDUS7 ай бұрын
Could we get the contributions by GE Space Division one day? They had huge role in manned and Unmanned flight & Exploring.
@jim58707 ай бұрын
How many J79's were produced total from all builders ?
@AutomationDnD7 ай бұрын
I am 52 seconds-in to the presentation *_I was going to guess: THE ENGINES_*
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
You nailed it! Thanks for watching.
@mikewhite62887 ай бұрын
The f-4 phantom had two j-79 engines.
@Eric-kn4yn7 ай бұрын
Prototype me262 had a propeller at front but it was no fake it had a piston engine and was to be used if jet engines failed in flight
@randomuser54437 ай бұрын
4:15 is a sabre dog
@oxcart41727 ай бұрын
U forgot to mention that the Super Tiger shot itself down!
@lancerevell59797 ай бұрын
Actually the standard F11F-1 Tiger did that, not the Super Tiger.
@oxcart41727 ай бұрын
@@lancerevell5979 Thanks very much for that, Lance
@bobwilson7584 ай бұрын
GM = J33 engine - not the last or best GM Allison engines . Good times
@barrybickle79927 ай бұрын
At 10:00 you left out the Caravelle’s that United had. There were 20 of them. With the original engines they were UNDER powered
@celebratingaviationwithmik97827 ай бұрын
Yes, those were covered in detail in last week's video on Airbus. Thanks for watching!
@Real_Claudy_Focan2 ай бұрын
If it spins fast, GE made some ! Jet engines Hair Dryers Washing machines GAU-8's