General Electric J85

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The General Electric J85 is a compact, high-thrust turbojet engine widely used in military trainer and light attack aircraft such as the T-38 Talon and F-5 Freedom Fighter.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
General Electric J85 canonical 3
General Electric CJ610 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf turbojet engine ⓘ
application ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
light fighter aircraft ⓘ
supersonic trainer aircraft ⓘ
category aircraft engine ⓘ
military jet engine ⓘ
civilDesignation CF700 (turbofan derivative) ⓘ
CJ610 (non-afterburning derivative) ⓘ
compressorType axial-flow ⓘ
configuration single-spool turbojet ⓘ
cooling air-cooled turbine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designGoal high performance in small airframes ⓘ
feature afterburning capability in many variants ⓘ
compact size ⓘ
high thrust-to-weight ratio ⓘ
firstRun 1950s ⓘ
fuelControl hydromechanical fuel control (early variants) ⓘ
fuelType aviation kerosene jet fuel ⓘ
ignitionSystem electric ignition ⓘ
introductionPeriod late 1950s ⓘ
manufacturer General Electric ⓘ
massProduction yes ⓘ
militaryDesignation J85 ⓘ
mounting podded or fuselage-integrated installations ⓘ
notableAircraftRole powerplant of the F-5 Freedom Fighter family ⓘ
powerplant of the T-38 Talon supersonic trainer ⓘ
notableCharacteristic widely exported through F-5 and T-38 programs ⓘ
numberOfCompressorStages 8 ⓘ
operatorType military ⓘ
primaryUse military trainer aircraft ⓘ
secondaryUse light attack aircraft ⓘ
serviceStatus in service in the 21st century ⓘ
thrustClass around 2,950 lbf dry ⓘ
around 4,300–5,000 lbf with afterburner (depending on variant) ⓘ
turbineStages 2 ⓘ
usedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
multiple export air forces ⓘ
usedInAircraft AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle (derivative/related powerplant family) ⓘ
Canadair CT-114 Tutor (re‑engined variants) ⓘ
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly ⓘ
linked to: A-37 Dragonfly

Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter ⓘ
linked to: F-5 Freedom Fighter

Northrop F-5E Tiger II ⓘ
linked to: F-5 Freedom Fighter

Northrop T-38 Talon ⓘ
linked to: T-38 Talon

Saab 105 (certain variants) ⓘ
linked to: Saab 105

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Model 318 White Knight → engineModel → General Electric J85 ⓘ
F-5 Freedom Fighter → engineModel → General Electric J85 ⓘ
Learjet 24 → engineModel → General Electric CJ610 ⓘ
linked to: General Electric J85
Learjet 25 → engineModel → General Electric CJ610 ⓘ
linked to: General Electric J85