When it comes to blistering aerial speeds, fighter jets manufactured by American military contractors like Boeing and Lockheed dominate the skies. While Bell's X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" was the first ...
The J58 engine was both miracle and menace, a hybrid that functioned as a turbojet, a ramjet, and a furnace. This episode examines how Lockheed and Pratt & Whitney tamed titanium heat, perfected ...
Capable of 32,500 pounds of thrust, Lockheed’s J58 engine turned a spy plane into a Mach 3 monster. Built from exotic alloys that glowed white-hot at 2,000°F, it was part turbojet, part ramjet, an ...
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