A close-up of the "hot nose" of the nation's first all-weather axial flow turbo-jet engines, the General Electric J-47-GE-23, which is going into large volume production for the worlds fastest known bomber, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. To meet power plants needs for the six jet Air Force bomber, General Electric will produce the "23" at Lynn, Mass and Lockland, Ohio and also has licensed the Packard Motor Car Company and the Studebaker Corporation to manufacture the engine. General Electric engineers overcame the icing problem by the "Hot Nose." Hot air from the turbojet's compressor is bled to hollow parts of the nose, where the resultant temperatures are high enough to melt any ice crystals forming. Providing considerably more thrust of driving force than previously announced for J-47 engines now in production, the all weather turbo-jet has a thrust rating of more than 5,800 pounds. This will provide future models of the B-47 with even greater speed and range.

General Electric Company1951-03-07