The process of starting up a J58 engine was complex, and it required an AG330 "Buick" cart with a V8 engine to drive the gearbox, the latter of which had a compressed-air starter.

The J58 required the use of a special AG330 engine starter cart to spool the engines up to the proper rotational speed for starting. Taken at Beale Air Force Base (AFB) in 1986, the impressive ...

Cold War Engine Swap: Meet the 1963 Buick Wildcat With an A-12 Archangel Start-Cart Engine From A-12 Oxcart to '63 Wildcat: this Nailhead V8 has had an interesting life, to say the least.

The infamous stealh jet, the SR-71 Blackbird needed powerful engines to stay off the radar and outrun anything. The J58 fit the bill perfectly.

The J58 engine, often referred to as "black magic," is the unsung powerhouse behind the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, one of the fastest aircraft ever built. Capable of pushing a plane from 0 to Mach ...

A ground test of the Pratt & Whitney J58 engine’s afterburner at full power. It’s truly amazing that only 61 years and five days separate this from this: And it’s even more unbelievable that ...