#general electric

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General Electric J79 Turbojet on display at the United States Naval Academy

The display reads:

Donated to the United States Naval Academy by the Aircraft Engine Group of General electric to enhance Midshipmen knowledge and training in aircraft gas turbine engines.

The world's first production Mach 2 engine, the J79 achieved a number of “firsts” in aviation among which was powering the first Mach 2-plus aircraft to take off from an aircraft carrier, J79 engines produced up to 17,900 pounds of thrust and powered the North American V-5 Vigilante, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and the Convair B-58 Hustler. 

General Electric acknowledges the generosity of the United States Navy for providing the components from which this display was constructed October 15, 1970. 

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Ad by General Electric, 1981.

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1949 General Electric Christmas Lights ad

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The television & radio section of a Sears, Roebuck & Co. department store, 1956

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"Before your very eyes the new General Electric "Designer" TV will change personalities 6 times" (1959)

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The Great Awakening digital clock radio by General Electric, 1979 ad

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The Bell XP-59-1A The first US Jet Powered Aircraft, 1942.

➤➤ JET ENGINE REVOLUTION (Documentary): https://youtu.be/KHeoTpXvYZA

Back then a short, fussy Englishman checked into downtown Boston’s Hotel Statler and made a peculiar set of demands.

After registering at the front desk (today’s Boston Park Plaza) as “Mr. Whitely,” he demanded a phone installed in his room not connected to the main switchboard. Meals must be served in his room and delivered by the same bellhop. And please, no surprise knocks on the door.

The mysterious little man was actually Frank Whittle, a 34-year-old Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, pilot, and inventor of the jet engine. Earlier in the year, he nearly suffered a nervous breakdown from exhaustion while racing to bring England, under attack from Germany, into the jet age...

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1953 General Electric Two Oven Range

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General Electric, 1968.

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1951 General Electric Christmas lights

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