Where can I find an internet article, or better still, a book, giving
an extensive and detailed history, replete with internal views, of the
JTF1A duct-burning turbofan engine, proposed by Pratt & Whitney for
the Lockheed L2000 supersonic transport design that was passed over
for the ill-fated Boeing 2707?

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Request for Question Clarification by jackburton-ga on 29 Nov 2002 23:02 PST

hi bobthe dog,
 
Here are some relevant books around the subject, though I am not sure
if this fully answers your question:
 
Clipped Wings, The American SST Conflict
by Mel Horwitch
Published by Cambridge & London, (1982)
A detailed account of the U.S. SST covering its history, politics,
technologies, and controversies. Includes extensive list of primary
sources.
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=Y5GgMiTFZisg80R3W1b8aEfID7k_4620711383_2:1:2
 

SST Plane Of Tomorrow 
The Story of America's Supersonic Transport
by Lou Jacobs, Jr.
Published by Golden Gate Junior Books
A young adults book, but one which provides illustrations and photos
of the initial 2707 design. Also includes information and photos on
the Lockheed entry.
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=0vF.gh7tgK,90XPzdJjDgqzyV88_0871055674_2:1:1
 
The SST: Here it Comes, Ready or Not
by Don Dwiggins
Published by Doubleday, NY 1968
An excellent and thoroughly researched book of the history of the SST
project by an author clearly skeptical of its merits.
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=1cIdfUiw2bxt0CWMKUWaIbTFN2g_0436413640_1:1:2

 

Cobra In The Sky, The Supersonic Transport
by Edward A. Herron
Published by Crowell Collier Press, 1968
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=giLVHvAL,42PPtez,qgiDMuqYYs_0144211761_1:1:2
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=giLVHvAL,42PPtez,qgiDMuqYYs_7324701378_1:1:1
 
33 Miles a Minute
by Halacy, D. S. , Jr. 
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=mq6wSQhiMvbSdbAKA3HCyV8Spng_4694014746_1:1:1

 
Soviet SST: the Technopolitics of the Tu-144
by Howard Moon
1989
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=8YKUKSUSuKQqSq,,Quz9akvQNRM_4015878631_2:3:10
 
 
Links
USA / Supersonic
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Station/7579
BOEING 2707-200 SST
http://users.chariot.net.au/~theburfs/URsst.html

 
 
Let me know if this answers your question.

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Clarification of Question by bobthedog-ga on 30 Nov 2002 05:04 PST

Thanks,Jack:

Unfortunately, this gets no cigar.   Of the sources you've mentioned,
I already have the book about the TU-144 and have seen all the other
books, plus hit all the noted websites.   They all come up "zip" re my
specific requirements.   Its almost as if, having lost the SST
powerplant competition to General Electrics's GE-4, P&W, literally,
expunged the JTF17A from their corporate memory.  I even just bought a
book via Amazon.com, titled "Advanced Engine Developement at Pratt and
Whitney", subt. Eight Selected Projects", on the belief that one of
the "eight" was the JTF17A for the Lockheeed L2000 SST.  It wasn't! 
In fact, the closest I've managed to come on my own is the 1966-67
Jane's and its just a basic external photo, shot as a three-quarter
foward view, a standard tactic of jet engine manufacturers, revealing
new, and still classified models, the better to frustrate any efforts
at discerning the engine's true external proportions.

Have considered contacting Pratt & Whitney directly to see if they
have a section that deals with company history?  But there is no such
"click" on any P&W website I've ever seen and I'm sure I would qualify
for social security before they answered a letter.

In short, this is much like the time my dad conned me into digging a
hole in his backyard in Tucson, Arizona to plant an orange tree.  I
figured "desert"=sand, i.e. easily flung materiel, a morning's light
work.  WRONG!!! The Arizona desert is NOT sand, but pulverised rock,
with some of the less "pulervised" portions not much smaller than
cars!!.  After eight backbreaking hours in a 114-degree August(!!)
sun, I was finished.  Literally!!  I fear that this is the type of
"hole" you've contracted to "dig".  Good luck, and don't forget that
sunblock.   You may need it.

                                               BTD