AEDC at 75: The first engine test that confirmed AEDC’s mission

A J-47 engine is prepared for open-air testing prior to being test fired on Aug. 27, 1953. This instrumentation test, which occurred near the then-under-construction Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., was conducted using a specially designed and constructed thrust stand. The first turbojet engine test conducted at Arnold was initiated on May 3, 1954, in the T-1 test cell of the ETF on a J-47 engine.
DIAMOND BROWN AEDC Contributor When a General Electric J-47 turbojet engine thundered to life inside Arnold Engineering Development Center’s Engine Test Facility on May 3,…
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