NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Armstrong Siddeley Viper

The Viper was a turbojet engine developed and produced by Armstrong Siddeley and then by its successor companies Bristol-Siddeley and Rolls-Royce Limited. It entered service in 1953. The Armstrong-Siddeley automobiles (and later aircraft engines) were an English marque manufactured from 1919 (after the company was formed in 1917 by a merger between two Coventry_based companies, Armstrong-Whitworth and Siddeley-Deasy) to 1960. ... Bristol Siddeley was a UK aero-engine manufacturer formed in 1959 from the merger of Bristol Aero Engines and Armstrong-Siddeley. ... Rolls-Royce Limited was a British car and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906 and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904. ...

The design is a 7-stage compressor based on their Sapphire engine - in effect a small scale Sapphire. The Viper was developed as an expendable engine for powering a target drone, the Jindivik, but the limited-life materials used were subsequently replaced with standard ones and it was then used as an aircraft engine on the Jet Provost and its budget attack aircraft derivative the BAC Strikemaster, the Hawker-Siddeley Dominie, the Avro Shackleton (as an auxiliary engine to its propellers) Aermacchi MB-326, Soko Orao (afterburned version), Soko Galeb G-2, Soko Super Galeb G-4 and the Utva Super Galeb G-4M. The Sapphire was a jet engine produced by Armstrong Siddeley in the 1950s. ... The Hunting Percival (later BAC) Jet Provost was a jet-powered training aircraft used by the RAF from 1955 to 1993. ... The BAC 167 Strikemaster was a jet-powered training and light attack aircraft. ... BAe 125-1000 The twin-engined BAe 125 is the worlds best selling mid-size corporate jet, now marketed as the Raytheon Hawker 800. ... The Shackleton was a Royal Air Force long-range patrol bomber developed from the Avro Lincoln bomber with a new fuselage. ... The Aermacchi or Macchi MB-326 is a two-seat military jet trainer aircraft designed in Italy. ...

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Category: Turbojet engines The Armstrong-Siddeley automobiles (and later aircraft engines) were an English marque manufactured from 1919 (after the company was formed in 1917 by a merger between two Coventry_based companies, Armstrong-Whitworth and Siddeley-Deasy) to 1960. ... The Armstrong Siddeley Leopard was an aero engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. ... The Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar was an aero engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. ... The Armstrong Siddeley Panther was an aero engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. ... The Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose was an aero engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. ... The Armstrong Siddeley Puma was an aero engine developed towards the end of the first world war. ... Armstrong-Siddeley Cheetah X The Armstrong-Siddeley Cheetah is a British air-cooled aircraft radial engine. ... The Armstrong-Siddeley Nimbus was an aero engine developed by Armstrong Siddeley. ... The Sapphire was a jet engine produced by Armstrong Siddeley in the 1950s. ... The Double Mamba was an Armstrong-Siddeley gas turbine turboprop engine design of around 3,000â€“4,000 hp (2,500â€“3,000 kW). ... The Mamba was Armstrong-Siddeleys gas turbine turboprop engine design of around 1,500 hp (1,100 kW). ... The Armstrong-Siddeley Python was an early British turboprop engine designed and built by the Armstrong Siddeley company. ... The Armstrong-Siddeley Adder was an early British turbojet engine developed by the Armstrong Siddeley company and first run in November 1948. ... This list of aircraft is sorted alphabetically, beginning with the name of the manufacturer (or, in certain cases, designer). ... This is a list of aircraft manufacturers (in alphabetic order). ... List of aircraft engines: // Allison V-1710 Alvis Alcides Alvis Leonides Alvis Leonides Major Alvis Maenoides Alvis Pelides Armstrong Siddeley Leopard Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar Armstrong Siddeley Panther Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose Armstrong Siddeley Puma Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah Armstrong Siddeley Nimbus Beardmore Bentley BR1 Rotary BMW 132 BMW 139 BMW 801 Bramo... This is a list of aircraft engine manufacturers both past and present. ... This is a list of airlines in operation (by continents and country). ... This is a list of Air forces, sorted alphabetically by country. ... This is an incomplete list of aircraft weapons, past and present. ... Below is a list of (links to pages on) missiles, sorted alphabetically by name. ... This is a timeline of aviation history. ...

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