{"id":153488,"date":"2024-12-01T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/pratt-whitney-j-58-engine-sr-71-blackbird-speed\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T16:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T06:00:14","slug":"the-engine-that-gave-the-sr-71-blackbird-its-impressive-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=153488","title":{"rendered":"The Engine That Gave The SR-71 Blackbird Its Impressive Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pratt & Whitney J58, an engine officially designated by the company as the JT11D-20, is a turbojet engine manufactured by US-based engine maker Pratt & Whitney<\/a><\/span>, which powered the Lockheed A-12 and its successor aircraft. This afterburning turbojet offers a unique compressor bleed design that gives this unique engine its impressive speed and massive thrust output, becoming one of the few engines ever to power an aircraft beyond Mach 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The engine ran for the first time in 1958.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,4844,14163,412,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-aircraft-manufacturing","category-engine-maker","category-military","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t