General Electric J79 Turbojet on display at the United States Naval Academy
The display reads:
Donated to the United States Naval Academy by the Aircraft Engine Group of General electric to enhance Midshipmen knowledge and training in aircraft gas turbine engines.
The world's first production Mach 2 engine, the J79 achieved a number of “firsts” in aviation among which was powering the first Mach 2-plus aircraft to take off from an aircraft carrier, J79 engines produced up to 17,900 pounds of thrust and powered the North American V-5 Vigilante, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and the Convair B-58 Hustler.
General Electric acknowledges the generosity of the United States Navy for providing the components from which this display was constructed October 15, 1970.