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PSL No. 1 and 2 Timelines

List of events that impacted PSL No. 1 and 2 and catalog of tests conducted in all four PSL test chambers through 1979.

Events Timeline (1938 – 2009)

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Tests in PSL No. 1 and 2

Year PSL No. 1 PSL No. 2
1952 General Electric J73 turbojet Wright XJ47 for Navaho
1953 General Electric J73 turbojet Wright XJ47 for Navaho
1954 General Electric J73 turbojet Wright XJ47 for Navaho
1954 Marquardt RJ43 for Bomarc Wright XJ47 for Navaho
1955 General Electric J79 turbojet Wright XJ47 for Navaho
1956 General Electric J70 turbojet
1957 Orenda PS-13 Iroquois
1958 NASA 2.5k rocket NASA isenthropic rocket
1959 NASA regenerative rocket TRW nozzle project
1960 NASA 20k rocket Thrust vector rig
1961 Pratt & Whitney RL-10 rocket NASA fluorine rocket
1962 Pratt & Whitney RL-10 rocket
1963 Pratt & Whitney RL-10 rocket RF engine
1964 NASA ablative engine Contour nozzles
1965 Ablative engine 260-inch Solid Rocket
1966 260-inch Solid Rocket
1967 Pratt & Whitney TF30-P1 distortion General Electric Lift Cruise Engine
1968 Pratt & Whitney TF30-P1 distortion General Electric J85-13/Lift Cruise Engine
1969 Pratt & Whitney TF30-P1 distortion General Electric J85-13/Lift Cruise Engine
1970 Pratt & Whitney TF30-P1 distortion General Electric J85-13 nozzle
1971 Pratt & Whitney TF30-P1 distortion
1972 Garrett TFE 731-2 Compass Cope General Electric J85-13 distortion
1973 Garrett ATF-3 Compass Cope NASA Low Cost Engine
1973 Pratt & Whitney TF30 P9 controls
1974 Pratt & Whitney TF30 P1 afterburner GE J85-13 nozzle, treatment
1975 Pratt & Whitney F-100 FX213 flutter Pratt & Whitney TF30-P9 controls
1976 Pratt & Whitney F-100 FX213 flutter GE J85-21 compressor
1977 Pratt & Whitney F-100 XD11 flutter General Electric J85-21 compressor
1978 Pratt & Whitney F-100 controls General Electric J85-21 nozzle and flutter
1979 General Electric J-85 Pulse Generator Pratt & Whitney F401 controls

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Tests in PSL No. 3 and 4

Year PSL No. 3 PSL No. 4
1972 Quiet Engine Program
1973 Quiet Engine Program Pratt & Whitney J58 emissions
1973 Quiet Engine Program Pratt & Whitney J58/JT8D Refan
1975 Airflow Airjet Duct Test Pratt & Whitney TF30 augmenter mixer
1976 Pratt & Whitney TF30 P-3 distortion Pratt & Whitney F-100 P059 calibration
1977 Pratt & Whitney TF30 P-3 distortion Pratt & Whitney F-100 P063 afterburner
1978 Pratt & Whitney TF-34 inlet vanes Pratt & Whitney F-100 P072 afterburner
1979 Pratt & Whitney TF34 inlet vanes Pratt & Whitney F-100 P072 afterburner

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