Allison J35
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The General Electric/Allison J35 was the United States Air Force's first axial-flow compressor jet engine. Originally developed by General Electric in parallel with the Whittle-based centrifugal-flow J33, the J35 was a fairly simple turbojet, consisting of an eleven-stage axial-flow compressor and a single-stage turbine. With the afterburner, which most models carried, it produced a thrust of 7,400 lbf (33 kN).
A J35 with exhaust duct removed, exposing the power turbine.
Sectioned J35 at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL. The 11-stage compressor is painted blue (the stators have been removed), the combustors are red, the turbine is unpainted. The teardrop-shaped openings along the outer edge of the turbine are the air channels used to cool the blades.
Cutaway of J35 combustor dome
Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster
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The Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster is an American 1940s jet-powered prototype bomber. The XB-43 was a development of the XB-42, replacing the piston engines of the XB-42 with two General Electric J35 engines of 4,000 lbf (17.8 kN) thrust each. Despite being the first American jet bomber to fly, it suffered stability issues and the design did not enter production.
The second aircraft, YB-43 Versatile II, taking off. Undated. Note the solid, orange nose-cone that replaced the original clear nose
Image: Douglas XB 43 parked
Image: Douglas XB 43 rear