The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · turbojet · data as of October 28, 2026

General Electric J85-17A

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric J85-17A engine, rated at about 2,850 pounds of thrust. The Cessna A-37 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft).

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as General Electric J85-17A. FAA spelling: J85-17A.

Fitted to model families

Cessna A-372
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Cessna A-372

Cessna A-37

Where they are owner's state

Montana1Idaho1
By state, as a table
aircraft
Montana1
Idaho1

Kind of aircraft

Business jets2 (100%)
By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Business jets2100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221960
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19602

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators
Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-j85-17a.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N68DF Cessna
A37B
 Fixed-wing, multi-engine Mustang High Flight LLC
Boise, Idaho
 Experimental 2019-01-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N87921 Cessna
A37B
 Fixed-wing, multi-engine Supertweet INC
Victor, Montana
 Experimental 2011-03-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 28, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.