Canadian-built J79 for a Norwegian Starfighter. 

Electron Bill is such a good name. My grandfather in the early 1970s lived in Patchway near Bristol in England. He used to take me to a park called Little Stoke Park which is located on the east side of the airport. I was about 6-7 at the time, we would fly balsa wood airplanes near the trees at the north side of the park. Rolls-Royce would often test the Concord engines in buildings located between the park and the runway to the west. I can still see those buildings in my memory. The thunder from those engines must have made a great impression on me, all these years later this channel is one of my favorites.

it is truly awesome how much air that machine can move

I Like that XB-70 shirt!!

I'm Norwegian so this is very cool!

So proud to be Canadian 👍👍. Great video.

Thank,s for your work. Norway loves you ;-)

I am an Engine Mechanic an I've tested the J79-J1K and -17 in the 1970th. It's an amazing engine.

Stunning. WHo could have tought that someday someone will put a camera right in a jet exhaust dering start-up just to document the ignition phase ? That's beyond freaking cool.

If I'm not mistaken it belongs to this Norwegian CF104D (LN-STF): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lcS_NfZ8Hsg.html

I have seen that closed idle nozzle issue after an NAC change because it was rigged to a false spot (rig pin was in very deep but not locked in the correct spot).

Over our side of the pool the Avro Vulcan is very known for it's howl. I love the Jet sounds through ignition and each acceleration spool up stage, my favourite music, I direct sound from laptop through stereo, lovely

Thanks, J Zed. Good way to start my day.

So fascinating to see these beauties still running smooth. Loved the puff.. Thanks for these fantastic videos!!

Ahh, finally we are able to hear the roaring of the Bull again! We used to call the 104 the westfjord Bull because of the sound of the engine. It sounds like a roaring Bull.

Back in 1973 in W. Germany , those sounds would echo and howl through the low clouds as F- 4 's flew around the Base , I would think that sound it self would scare the pants off any enemy . I'll never forget it

Loved it.

Thanks for sharing. A thunderous start to the day. 🇬🇧

very cool! amazing that it's almost a 70 year old design.

Great video as always. By the way, love the XB-70 shirt! When I was a young pup, my family took a trip to Omaha, Nebraska and the SAC Airbase Museum and I was lucky enough to see the surviving XB-70. Somewhere I have photos I shot of it, I really need to find those. The museum had some amazing X planes and I was blown away by getting to see the actual planes I had read about in my early teens.

that was great, thanks, what an ignition, the GE J-79 is a magnificent turbo-jet, Jet-wash alley was well burnt and blasted, I would loved to witness it in person

I know it is both a passion _and_ a job for you, Jay. Just want to thank you for the time and effort you put into sharing these amazing dinosaurs with all of us! 👍

J79 has the Best sound around.

That engine sounds haunted.

CF-104D Starfighter "637" LN-STF !

The Montreal Air Museum has a Starfighter for restoration. Sadly we don't have the engine.

Wow, what a hot rod. Great work guys and thanks for sharing.

J79 HOWLER... How I miss'em! 👏🏽👍🏼☺️

I went to the Abingdon (near Oxford, England) Air and Country Show yesterday. It was a one-day show and nowhere near as grand as, say, Oshkosh, but it was an enjoyable day out after such events had been cancelled last year. For readers on the other side of the pond, we really enjoyed the display by a P-51D Mustang, which shaded the Spitfires, and the display by the Sally B, the only flying B-17 this side of the pond. And I didn't forget I didn't forget the significance of the date. My daughter stood on the observation deck of the South Tower on 8th September 2001, after a trip to South America, and she flew home the following day. Her original plan had been to stay in New York the following week .....

I love a good howler! Reminds me of hearing the jets that flew over my house from MacDill AFB when I was a child in the late 60s/early 70s. I would love to trudge up to your testing facility with my portable digital audio multitrack recorder and some of the really good mics I have to catch the sounds of one of those beasts properly. It would be an absolute joy to have some proper full spectrum audio of one of those monsters.

Just amazing to watch these videos on the J79!

You are way to kind to the viewer! Your level of detail on things is phenomenal. Please don’t put yourself in harms way obtaining shots like these!!! The close up clip was cool enough 👍

I'm following you from Egypt ❤️

Poor thing could do with the Full S&S treatment clean engine is a happy engine !! still superb though as always Thanks Gents

Very great shot starting at 21:14 showing the variable vanes.

Multi-Purpose Walter, now there is a cool title. 👍

Been watching for a while and I'm not sure but I feel like a video about APU's would be cool and how they add to a airliner situation

If the fuel tank has a sight gauge, it would be interesting to watch it when a J79 is running on afterburner.

Is the engine for LN-STF? I've wanted to see her for some time now!

The people 10 miles downstream were probably wondering why it got so windy and the air wreaked of kerosene. Everybody else was wondering what the hell is making that sound..

Boy, so many sub-versions of J79 :-) So, what´s the military thrust you measured of that -7 ? And the thrust with full-AB ? Btw, the howling is always impressive :-)

19:12 Probably the only video of the engine data plate of a J79 taken while the engine is running. :)

The success of a test is measured in tonnes of material moved along jet-blast alley?

A dinosaur making dinosaur sounds while burning dinosaurs!

Is there already some news about the Dutch Starfighter J79 engine, or did I miss something

its crazy how deep the trench has gotten at the test site over the years. next run take some different colored spray paints and paint lines to see how far the gravel gets launched

been watching these for a while and always amazed at the destruction along jet blast alley....... wonder if it would be worth pouring a strip of concrete or asphalt about the width of the door opening and 100ft long to stop the ditch that grows in the center .... probably not, but it would at least cut the dust somewhat... until the blast tore into it and sent chunks flying 100yds behind it

Wow' was the Norwegian fighter government or privately owned if I can ask? Thanks Dan

Gday Jay how things ? Heyaah thanks for sharing this testing video it was amazing eh , wonderful engine of Canadian J79 I can watch and tell how powerful of this engine , its through alots of grits stones and rocks at the back may up to 200 meters way back or may be more according to its powerful thrust force , now do you guys standing from the rear yard of that property affected by the sounds of this roar engine while operating like the loud noise and vibrations produced the engine roar , does it affected anyone outside ? No , all good , thats good , I can imagine myself standing out there I have to wear something to protect myself from stones and rocks specially my eyes eh , oh mate thats amazing , lucky the testing centre is the the middle of no where , out the country away from public no complain , anyway thanks again beautiful cheers mate

So we can get J-79s but not air conditioning lines from a Kenworth.

Maybe a two part solution to the sound pressure level issue would work. A remote wireless mic at a point where the spl is around 100 db and then set the camera closer. There would be a delay at about 1millisecond per foot but that shouldn’t be an issue for this type material.

Is this variant of the J79 where the F-104 "howl" originates or was it the Starfighter's airframe that made that sound.

How do you guys have any hearing left?

Orendous.

Are the fixed vanes at the front of the engine you photographed as the turbine spun down rotatable? Change their angle WRT the airflow. Cool video, and great giving credit for the work. Has to be a great payoff for this to happen, and I'm sure even better when the F104 flies again.

Great video. Could you explain what factors contribute to the sound of the engine for example at the 18:16 mark and even more pronounced at 19:52? If you’ve previously explained it and I’ve missed it, I’m sorry. I suspect it has something to do with all the blades maybe?

Oh is it the only Norwegian flying Starfighter

How does one get a job doing something like this? I very nearly have a BS in Applied Physics and would like to do this kind of work!

So about 2.5 minutes from shutdown to coast to a stop (19:30 - 22:00). Cool!! Thank you, very much! Is that pretty typical for all the engines? In the last 30 seconds or so before coming to a stop, I can hear a click, click, click with each revolution. What is that? just one of the front compressor blades a little looser than the others, or something else mechanical? Or is it the playing card that's clothes-pinned onto one of the blades (spokes)? Ha ha. And as it gets real slow...clankity, clankity, clankity from all the blades shifting slight as they change from being dominated by centrifugal acceleration back to gravity...or I guess that's what it is? The author of a book, Phantom Over Vietnam, described this sound as the J79's came to a stop. Now I've heard it. Thanks! So, there's a PC flight simulator called DCS (Digital Combat Simulator) that features pretty detailed and amazing simulations of fighter jets. If they ever make an F-4 Phantom II or F-104 Starfighter for their sim, I think you could get some pretty detailed and accurate sounds of the J79 for that. Place high quality microphones on stands toward the front of the engine and to the side and aft, with maybe a big fluffy furry wind protector on them, and try to record nothing but the sounds of the engine...no talking or anything else, while you run a test. Would that be possible? Also video of the details in the exhaust during start-up and afterburner operation. I did not know that there was a substantial puff of flame in the exhaust as the J79 lights off. Do all engines do that? I've watched TPE331 engines start up at night on a Cessna 441. The exhaust would glow orange for a few seconds as started up. And the F-86 engine you tested puffed flame out the exhaust pipe when the burners lit. Was that a J47? In DCS simulation, their F-86F doesn't show that detail. Something they could add to make it all the more realistic. Maybe you have some good recordings of that engine running and coasting to a stop after shutdown?

i wondered was it intended for the cf104d that based at Bodø that actually flew.

The exhaust seemed a bit smokey.

I have very clear memories from 1970 of F-105s at McGuire. That after run up of the J75's the afterburners would make a 'boom' 'boom' 'boom' as trios of F-105s would begin their take off roll. We didn't live too far from the flight line then. Is that something that just doesn't come through on your recordings? Or am I remembering incorrectly?

I agree

Does the nozzle move simultaneously with the throttle or as a function of throttle input? More throttle, nozzle closes? In the last video, the engine sounded like it went to idle, with the nozzle going full open, but an instant later, the afterburner came on with no movement of the nozzle. How does this happen? Do you guys have a button for the AB? Wouldn't the jet need to be at full rpm for the AB to be used? Can you explain how this all works together AgentJayZed, Zulu, Z? Thank you.

Is this the engine for the 637? Or for another one?

How close to flight-ready??

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At 19:06, what is the purpose of the clear tubing around the bell mouth?

Can someone explain to me please the difference between full power and full military power.

rollin coal

Are J79-7 able to be modified to become similar to a -19? Like if you put in the new combustion liners, four manifold AB, and longer exit nozzle? Would it make as much thrust as a -19 and be smokeless?

Great video, as always! I guess this would be the actual application of that very engine? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5XYQflpE-b8.html

Havy duty... Uhh///