General Electric GE36
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The General Electric GE36 was an experimental aircraft engine, a hybrid between a turbofan and a turboprop, known as an unducted fan or propfan. The GE36 was developed by General Electric Aircraft Eng
A mockup of the GE36 at the Musée aéronautique et spatial Safran
A full-scale model of the NASA/GE unducted fan at the 1984 Farnborough Air Show.
The GE36 on a McDonnell Douglas MD-81 demonstrator at the 1988 Farnborough Air Show.
General Electric F404
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The General Electric F404 and F412 are a family of afterburning turbofan engines in the 10,500–19,000 lbf class. The series is produced by GE Aerospace. Partners include Volvo Aero, which builds the R
General Electric GE36
…to flight test the UDF was reached in April, with flights beginning in late 1986 to assess a 25,000 pounds-force (110 kN) demonstrator based on a General Electric F404 core. The engine would have a pair of six-stage contra-rotating free turbines, each with large diameters running at slow speeds, and they would be…
An F404 turbofan being tested on board an aircraft carrier
Sailors lower an F/A-18 Hornet engine into its container aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)