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The Westinghouse J32 was a small turbojet engine developed by the Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division in the mid-1940s.

J32
Cut-away Westinghouse 9.5A/J32 turbojet engine on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Type Turbojet
National origin United States
Manufacturer Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division
First run 1944
Number built 44
Developed from Westinghouse J30

Design and development


Development of the 9.5A (military designation J32-WE-2) began in late 1942, and Westinghouse delivered the first engine to the U.S. Navy in mid-1944. The Navy selected the 9.5A to power the Gorgon II-B and III-B air-to-air missiles, but these applications did not materialize."

An improved version, the 9.5B, powered the TD2N-1 Gorgon high-speed target drone, which successfully flew in 1945. The engine's high cost and continuing development delays led to the cancellation of the TD2N-1 program in 1946. Westinghouse manufactured 24 of the 9.5A and 20 of the 9.5B engines. Despite their limited use, they constituted the first family of small turbojet engines successfully developed and produced in the United States.


Variants


J32
Military designation of the Westinghouse 9.5 turbojet engine
Westinghouse 9.5A
Company designation of the J32, denoting the diameter of the engine in inches
Westinghouse 9.5B
Improved version of the 9.5A

Applications



Engines on display


A cutaway Westinghouse 9.5A/J32 turbojet engine is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. This engine was built from spare parts and never had a serial number.


Specifications (9.5A)


Data from [1]

General characteristics

Components

Performance


Notes


  1. Wilkinson, Paul H. (1946). Aircraft Engines of the world 1946. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. pp. 276–277.

References





На других языках


- [en] Westinghouse J32

[fr] Westinghouse J32

Le Westinghouse J32 était un petit turboréacteur, développé par la compagnie américaine Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division (en) au milieu des années 1940.



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