General Electric J35 family
General Electric J35 is a retired axial-flow turbojet family that introduced GE’s axial-flow compressor architecture to U.S. military aviation. It powered the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, Northrop YB-49, and other early fighters and bombers, and a GE J35-powered Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak set a 1947 speed record. Exact production variants and aircraft installations remain separate identities.
Identity
- Aliases
- J35GE J35General Electric J35
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- turbojet
- Name
- General Electric J35 family
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- General Electric J35 is a retired axial-flow turbojet family that introduced GE’s axial-flow compressor architecture to U.S. military aviation. It powered the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, Northrop YB-49, and other early fighters and bombers, and a GE J35-powered Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak set a 1947 speed record. Exact production variants and aircraft installations remain separate identities.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.geaerospace.com/pl/node/5315
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 11:15:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 11:15:57 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- GE identifies the J35 as its first axial-flow-compressor turbojet and describes its P-80 and D-558-1 speed-record significance.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- Aviation History
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- GE places the J35 among the early military turbojets powering numerous fighters and bombers before the J47.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- GE Lifts the U.S. Into the Jet Age