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General Electric F101

Turbofan aircraft engine

Field	Value
name	F101
image	File:B-1A engines (cropped).jpg
caption	A General Electric F101 engine
engine_type	Turbofan
national_origin	United States
manufacturer	General Electric
first_run	early 1970s
major_applications	Rockwell B-1 Lancer
developed_into

The General Electric F101 is an afterburning turbofan jet engine. It powers the Rockwell B-1 Lancer strategic bomber fleet of the USAF. In full afterburner it produces a thrust of more than 30000 lb-f. The F101 was GE's first turbofan with an afterburner.

Development

The F101 was developed specifically for the Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft, which became the B-1A. The F101 powered the four development aircraft from 1970 to 1981. The B-1A was officially cancelled in 1977. However the flight test program continued. General Electric was awarded a contract to further develop the F101-102 engine variant. This turbofan eventually powered the B-1B from 1984, entering service in 1986. The B-1's four F101 engines helped the aircraft win 61 world records for speed, time-to-climb, payload and range.

The GE F110 turbofan fighter jet engine is a derivative of the F101, designed using data from the F101-powered variant of the F-16 Fighting Falcon tested in the early 1980s. The F101 also became the basis for the highly successful CFM56 series of civil turbofans.

Applications

F-16/101
Rockwell B-1B Lancer

Specifications (F101-GE-102)

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2.46 lb/lbf/h (with afterburner) |power/weight= |thrust/weight=7.04:1 (afterburner)

References

[http://www.geae.com/engines/military/f101/index.html GE's F101 web page] {{webarchive. link. (2011-02-11)
(13–15 July 1998). "Engine wars – Competition for U.S. fighter engine production".
"F-16/101: Derivative Fighter Engine".
Gas Turbine Engines. ''Aviation Week & Space Technology 2009 Source Book''. p. 118.
Richard Hibma, Don Wegner. (1981). "The Evolution of a Strategic Bomber". AIAA.
Obaid Younossi. (2002). "Military Jet Engine Acquisition". RAND.

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