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Jet Engine Welder

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A picture of my father-in-law, Frank Tifft, welding at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft’s West Palm Beach plant in October 1993. He was a jet engine welder at P&W for about 40 years. He was one of only a few welders qualified and cleared to work on the J58 engines for the SR-71 Blackbird.

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My “Dad”

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My father-in-law Frank at work (Pratt & Whitney Aircraft) in 1993. He worked for “Pratt” for 40 years and was a top-flight welder of jet engines. Frank’s still going strong at 85! Here’s to you dad!

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Frank was a foremost J58 engine welder for nearly his entire career at P&W

This logo (above) is known as the “Florida” eagle which is installed on the J58 turbojet engines used in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft and on the RL10 liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine used in the Centaur rocket.

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A flock of Blackbirds

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