North American A-5 Vigilante
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The North American A-5 Vigilante is an American carrier-based supersonic bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed and built by North American Aviation for the United States Navy. Before the 1962 un
A3J-1 147858 with NASA as 858, at NASA Dryden in support of the supersonic transport program
An A3J-1 (later A-5A) during trials on USS Saratoga, 1960
An RA-5C Vigilante
A3J-1s (A-5A post 1962) of VAH-7 on USS Enterprise in 1962.
General Electric J79
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The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft and a supersonic cruise missile. The J79 was produced by General Electric Aircraft E
North American A-5 Vigilante
…as the bomb bay. The wings, vertical stabilizer and the nose radome all folded to enable easier stowage onboard aircraft carriers. Two widely spaced General Electric J79 turbojet engines were supplied with air through inlets with variable intake ramps. While the same engine was used by several other US military aircraft…
J79 on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Sectioned compressor stage of a J79
GE-J79-3 and Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter
J79-15A at the USAF Museum