From its four General Electric J47 jet engines, it could produce a combined 24,000 pounds of thrust, and reach a top speed of 570 miles per hour. It had a total payload of 22,000 pounds worth of ...

Area ruling, which reduces drag at transonic speeds, enabled the early 1960s Convair F-102 to reach Mach 1.2. Courtesy Franklin Ratliff General Electric’s J47 and J79 and Westinghouse’s J46 ...