Investigation of the left engine revealed a ruptured afterburner fuel line deep inside the engine bay. |
After 20 seconds of afterburner use, the afterburner failed and the nozzle fully closed due to oil loss. |
Navy as their primary jet fighter in the Korean War period, and it was one of the first jet fighters to employ an afterburner. |
Because of its smaller thrust and lack of an afterburner, it has a lower removal rate than the F100 engines analyzed. |
It may be as high as the 1000K exhaust gas temperature for a supersonic afterburning engine or 2200K with afterburner lit. |
Each time the team fired the engine's afterburner, the ground and neighboring buildings shook. |