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  • General Electric Turbine Engine Company, ca. 1941-1984
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General Electric Turbine Engine Company, ca. 1941-1984

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

General Electric Company

Repository

National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Division
Room 3100, MRC 322
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-2320
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/

Physical Description

4 cubic ft. and 222 drawings

Summary

The General Electric Co. (GE) became involved in aeronautical gas turbines through Sanford Moss’s pioneering work on turbosuperchargers in the 1910s and 1920s. In October 1941 GE entered the gas turbine propulsion field. Within a year GE had developed the limited-production I-14, which powered the first United States jet-propelled aircraft, the Bell XP-59A. The company remains a major manufacturer of all types of turbine powerplants, including turbojet, fanjet, and turbo engines. Collection contains documentation relating to GE turbine engines. Engineering drawings of early engiones, engine components, and test cells. Training manuals for several contemporary turbine engines, proposals for development of early turboprop engines, and performance test data and configurations for various engines.

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