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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Applicant:
James Edward Johnson, Hamilton, OH (US);
Inventor:
James Edward Johnson, Hamilton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbojet engine includes a core engine, an afterburner, and a converging-diverging exhaust nozzle in serial flow communication. A controller is operatively joined to the core engine and afterburner and configured for scheduling fuel thereto for operating the afterburner dry during subsonic flight operation of the engine, wet during transonic flight, and dry during supersonic flight.