Keywords: Pratt-Whitney J48 NAN4-50.jpg A Pratt Whitney J48 turbojet It was a license-built Rolls-Royce RB 44 Tay which was essentially an optionally afterburning version of the RR Nene It saw little use in the United Kingdom but the design was licensed by Pratt Whitney as the J48 and saw extensive use in several versions of the Grumman F9F Panther and the Lockheed F-94 Starfire and by Hispano-Suiza as the Verdon which was used in the Dassault Mystère IV U S Navy Naval Aviation News April 1950 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1950/Apr50 pdf 1950 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Pratt Whitney J48 |