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 ...
Lockheed’s engineers built the J58 engine to do the impossible, operate as both a jet and a ramjet. At Mach 3 and 85,000 feet, it pushed the SR-71 through temperatures that melted titanium and tested ...