P-61 Flight Testing Ramjet Engine

P-61 airplane in flight test with ramjet burning. The P-61 aircraft was built by Nothrup and used by the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory or AERL of the NACA to test the new jet engine. The AERL is now NASA's John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: C1947-17743

Date: January 27, 1947

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