General Electric CF6
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The General Electric CF6, US military designations F103 and F138, is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines produced by GE Aviation. The CF6, based on the TF39, the first high-thrust, high-bypass je
General Electric CF6 during testing at NASA's Glenn Research Center in 1979
A CF6 turbofan installed at the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology
CF6-6 diagram
CF6-6 cutaway
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Forc
General Electric CF6
…The CF6 core has been used for the LM2500, LM5000, and LM6000 industrial and marine gas turbines. After developing the TF39 for the C-5 Galaxy in the late 1960s, GE offered a higher thrust variant for civilian use, the CF6. GE proposed the CF6 to Eastern Airlines, for the Lockheed L-1011 and…
A United States Air Force C-5 in flight
One of the first C-5A models is given a final inspection before testing in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base in the mid-1960s.
The fourth C-5A Galaxy 66-8306 in the 1980s European One color scheme
C-5A Minuteman Air Mobile ICBM Feasibility Demonstration – 24 October 1974 (video)