Afterburner Test Vid

I've been following this guy on youtube for quite a while and I sure wish I had his job! He works at a jet engine test facility in Canada. Here's one of my favorite vids:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SH5953iQ6w&feature=relmfu[/media]

I can't see those here at work, but a guy that works here, used to work at GE. He said during one of their engine tests, 2min in, a bunch of yellow dust flew out of the exhaust. Seems an 8ft fiberglass ladder can pass through that turbine and not blow it up! He said they got reemed real good when it came up missing.

Here is a page with some data on the J 79

General Electric J79

Thinking that might be his personal project. That j79 is a antique

Turbo jets are old technology but that is one sexy engine when at full military power and after burner.

vtdeucedriver said:

Thinking that might be his personal project. That j79 is a antique

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I think their company takes retired J79s and converts them for use in power plants.

That engine may be old BUT that was one heck of a video thanks for sharing
KK

That model engine was used in the F4. Much like engines on older B52s it provides a smoke screen for the plane.

I was working on the flight deck one day on one of our F4s. We had to do a full power (no afterburner) turn up to test the auto-throttle used when landing. I was standing in front of the intake a few feet away turning the AOA probe (Angle Of Attack) and listening to the engines run through their power range when all at once we found the problem. The engines went into full afterburner. There is a special chain that attached to the aircraft when using afterburner on the deck, it wasn't on and the thing was lunging forward like a caged animal trying to get at its prey, me. I noticed a lot of air getting sucked by me to wards the screen and then it dawned on me. Turn the probe the other way. Doh!!

I've been standing and working next to a lot of those engines while they were taking a cat-stroke down the deck. Loved it then and still have fond memories.