Engines: Air Jet / Rocket

Vintage airplane jet and rocket engines on display at various museums.


General Electric J31 Turbojet

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


Pratt & Whitney J33

Warhawk Air Museum; Nampa, Idaho 2021


Pratt & Whitney J33

Robins AFB 2024


Pratt & Whitney J34

Tillamook Air Museum 2021

Tillamook 2024


Allison J35

Heritage Flight Museum 2023


Westinghouse J40

Shown with a smaller Westinghouse engine for size contrast, demonstrating that the principles are the same

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


Pratt & Whitney J42 Turbojet

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


Fairchild J44

Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024


Fairchild J44R-24

Used to power the Ryan Firebee drones

Frontiers of Flight, Dallas 2024


General Electric J47 Turbojet

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


General Electric J47

Used to replace the J35 in the prototype for the F-86 Sabre

South Dakota Air Museum 2021


J48 Turbojet

Used to power the F9F-5 Panther

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


Pratt & Whitney J48 (JT7 Turbo-Wasp)

Used for powering fighters such as the F9F-5 Panther, F9F-6 Cougar and F-94 Starfire

Evergreen Museum 2018


Pratt & Whitney J52

Tillamook Air Museum 2021

Tillamook 2024


Pratt & Whitney J52

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


Pratt & Whitney J52-P3 Turbojet

Rexburg, Idaho 2021


Pratt & Whitney J58 (JT11D-20)

Used for powering the SR-71 Blackbird (and other variants)

Evergreen Museum 2018


Pratt & Whitney J58

This one was displayed with the A-12 spy plane version of the SR-71 Blackbird

USS Alabama Memorial 2024


Pratt & Whitney J58

Robins AFB 2024


Pratt & Whitney J58

Last flown in 1989 (after 1408 hours service) and removed from left side of SR-71 Blackbird 61-7960.

Frontiers of Flight, Dallas 2024


Allison J71

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


Pratt & Whitney J75

Flying Heritage Collection 2023


Pratt & Whitney J79

Tillamook Air Museum 2021


Pratt & Whitney J79

Robins AFB 2024


General Electric J79-GE-15

Air Classics Museum 2024


Pratt & Whitney J85

Robins AFB 2024


General Electric I-1A

Copy of the British (Frank Whittle) Type I-1

Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024


Allison TF-41 A/B

Used in the A-7 Corsair II

Air Classics Museum 2024


Allison TF-41 A2

Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024


TF-33 Pratt & Whitney JT3D Turbofan

Robins AFB 2024


TF-39 Pratt & Whitney JT3D Turbofan

Used to power the C-5 Galaxy

Robins AFB 2024


Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A

Used for powering passenger planes like the Boeing 747

Evergreen Museum 2018


Pratt & Whitney JT15D

Used to power the Cessna Citation II

Frontiers of Flight, Dallas 2024


Pratt & Whitney T34 Turbo Wasp

I suspect this is the T34-P-6 that is normally displayed at Travis AFB. The largest plane to use the T34 was the C-133 Cargomaster; but it was also used in aircraft such as the C-97 Stratofreighter and the C-121 Constellation. Actually, the initial tests were performed by mounting the T-34 to the front of a B-17 Flying Fortress — specifically the airframe most known as Liberty Belle.

McChord AFB 2023


Lycoming T53 Engine

Tillamook Air Museum 2021

Tillamook 2024


Lycoming T53 L13BA Engine

Olympia, Wash. 2022


Lycoming T53-L-13B Engine

Missoula, Mont. 2022


General Electric T58

Used for powering helicopters like the Kaman SH-2 Seasprite and CH-46 Sea Knight

Tillamook Air Museum 2021

Tillamook 2024


General Electric T64 helicopter Engine

Used to power the CH-53 Super Stallion

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


General Electric T64

Tillamook Air Museum 2021

Tillamook 2024


F100-PW-200

Used for powering the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Falcon

Florida Air Museum 2024


Pratt & Whitney F100 Series Turbofan

Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024


Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100

Robins AFB 2024


Pratt & Whitney F401 Series Turbofan

Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024


F402-RR-401 Turbofan

Used to power the AV-8 Harrier

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


General Electric YF-101-100

This is one of 23 flight test engines for the prototype of the B-1A bomber. During the tests at Edwards AFB the B-1A reached speeds of Mach 2.3 (1,450 mph)

South Dakota Air Museum 2021


GE Aviation GE90-115B

Used to power the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Museum of Flight 2023


General Electric T700 Turboshaft

Used to power the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter

Fort Novosel 2024


TRI 60-5/220 Turbojet

Used to power the MQM-107 Streaker target drone

Robins AFB 2024


Rolls-Royce Nene

HFF, Paine Field 2019


Rolls-Royce Avon

Museum of Flight’s Restoration Hangar 2017

This is the engine that powers the DH.106 Comet 4C


Rolls-Royce Gnome 660P (based on GE T58)

Used to power the Westland Wessex and SH-3D Sea King helicopters

Illinois Aviation Museum; Bolingbrook 2024


Armstrong Siddely ASM.3 Mamba Gas Turbine

Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024


Tumansky R-11 Soviet TurboJet

Used for powering modern Soviet fighters like the Mig-21 Fishbed which this engine came out of. (It is possible that this is an R-13 or R-25 development of the R-11, but I found photos that support my R-11 conclusion)

NMMV Dubois 2021


Tumansky R-25-300 Soviet TurboJet

Used to power Czech-built variants of the Mig-21U Mongol trainer versions of the Mig-21 Fishbed.

Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024


Tumansky R-29 Soviet TurboJet

Used for powering modern Soviet fighters like the MiG-23 Flogger, MiG-27 and Su-22

Evergreen Museum 2018


Klimov VK-1

Used for powering Soviet fighters like the MiG-15 Fagot and MiG-17 Fresco

NMoUSAF 2018


Walter HWK 109-509 A-1 Rocket Engine

Use to power the Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet

Flying Heritage Collection 2023


XLR99 Rocket Engine

Used to power the North American X-15

Flying Heritage Collection 2023


Pratt & Whitney PT6

Used to power the T-6A Texan II and the de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter and others.

Frontiers of Flight, Dallas 2024