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Avon Mk. 203 The Avon was Rolls-Royce's first axial flow jet engine, and went on to become one of their most successful post-World War II engine designs. It was used in a wide variety of aircraft, both military and civilian, and only ended production in 1974 after almost 25 years of production. Rolls-Royce plc is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electric Aviation. ... An axial compressor is the name used in the aircraft industry to refer to a particular type of compressor used in jet engines. ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian... Contents 1 Design and development 2 Production 3 Other uses 4 See also [edit] Design and development The Avon design started under was headed by Cyril Lovesey, who had previously been in charge of Merlin development. The engine was intended both as an experiment in axial-flow engines, as well as (if successful) a replacement for the 5,000 lbf (22 kN) Nene. Originally known as the AJ.65 for Axial Jet, 6,500 lbf which was designed by Alan Arnold Griffith, the engine developed as a single-spool design with a 15 stage compressor, mass flow rate of 150 lb/s (68 kg/s) and a pressure ratio of 7.45. Development started in 1945 and the first prototypes were built in 1947. Introduction was somewhat slowed by a number of minor problems. The Merlin was a 12 cylinder, 60° V, 27 litre, liquid cooled piston aircraft engine built during World War II by Rolls-Royce and under licence in the United States by Packard. ... The Nene or RB.41, was Rolls-Royces third jet engine to enter production, designed and built in an astonishingly short five month period in 1944, first running on October 27th, 1944. ... Alan Arnold Griffith (b 13 June 1893 - 13 Oct 1963) was a British engineer, who, among many other contributions, is best known for his work on stress and fracture in metals that is now known as metal fatigue, as well as being one of the first to develop a strong... Mass flow rate is the movement of mass per time. ... [edit] Production The engine eventually entered production in 1950, the original RA.3/Mk.101 version providing 6,500 lbf (29 kN) thrust in the English Electric Canberra B.2. Similar versions were used in the Canberra B.6, Hawker Hunter and Supermarine Swift. Uprated versions soon followed, the RA.7/Mk.114 producing 7,350 lbf in the de Havilland Comet C.2, the RA.14/Mk.201 of 9,500 lbf (42 kN) in the Vickers Valiant and the RA.26 of 10,000 lbf (44 kN) used in the Comet C.3, Sud Aviation Caravelle, and Hawker Hunter F.6. An Avon-powered de Havilland Comet 4 flew the first scheduled transatlantic jet service in 1958. The line eventually topped out with the 12,690 lbf (56,450 N) and 16,360 lbf (72,770 N) in afterburner RA.29 Mk.301/2 used in later versions of the English Electric Lightning. Other aircraft to use the Avon included the de Havilland Sea Vixen and Fairey Delta. The English Electric Canberra was a first-generation jet bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s. ... Sixteen Hunters of the RAF Black Arrows perform aerobatics at the Farnborough Air Show, England. ... The Supermarine Swift was a single-seat fighter-jet of the Royal Air Force (RAF), built by Supermarine. ... The de Havilland Comet of Britain was the worlds first commercial jet airliner. ... this article is about the jet powered bomber, for the biplane see Vickers 131 Valiant. ... Aviation museum , Belgrade Old Sud Aviation Caravelle of JAT. The SE 210 Caravelle was the first short/medium-range jet airliner, produced by the French Sud Aviation firm starting in 1955 (when it was still known as SNCASE). ... For other uses of afterburner, see Afterburner (disambiguation). ... The English Electric Lightning (later the BAC Lightning) was a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era, particularly remembered for its great speed, and its natural metal exterior that was used throughout much of its service life with the Royal Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force. ... The correct title of this article is de Havilland Sea Vixen. ... ... The Avon was also produced under license by Svenska Flygmotor, the RA.3/Mk.109 as the RM5, and an uprated RA.29 as the RM6 with 17,110 lbf (76,110 N). The RM5 powered the Saab Lansen, while the RM6 was the main powerplant of the SAAB Draken. The SAAB A32 Lansen (Swedish:lance) was a two-seater attack aircraft produced by SAAB from 1955 to 1960 for Flygvapnet, the Swedish air force. ... Draken in Flight The Saab J35 Draken (The Dragon) or Saab 35 is a Swedish fighter aircraft manufactured by Saab between 1955 and 1974. ... In the US, the Avon was used to power the vertical landing Ryan X-13 Vertijet aircraft (in RA.28-49 form) and the Martin B-57. The Ryan X-13A-RY Vertijet, Ryan Model 69, was an experimental Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft flown in the United States in the 1950s. ... The English Electric Canberra was a first-generation jet bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s, and remaining in service until the early years of the 21st century. ... The Avon continued production, mostly for the use in the Sud Aviation Caravelle and English Electric (BAC) Lightning, until 1974, by which time over 11,000 had been built. The engine garnered an impressive safety record over that time. The Avon was still in operational service with the RAF in the Canberra PR.9 until 23 June 2006. [edit] Other uses The Avon is also currently marketed as a compact, high reliability, stationary power source. As the AVON 1533, it has a maximum continuous output of 21,480 shp (16.02 MW) at 7,900 rpm and a thermal efficiency of 30%. In 1982, an Avon engine on gas pumping duty in a Canadian installation ran for 53,000 hours before requiring a major overhaul. In 1994, another industrial Avon engine ran non-stop for 476 days. As a compact electrical generator, the type EAS1 Avon based generator can generate a continuous output of 14.9 MW. On October 4, 1983, Richard Noble's Thrust2 vehicle, powered by a single Rolls-Royce Avon 302 jet engine, set a new land-speed record of 1,019.46 km/h (633.46 mph) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thrust2 is a British designed and built jet propelled car, which held the world land speed record between, 1983 and 1997. ... 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	Rolls-Royce Avon (66 words) Design of the Rolls-Royce Avon began in the late 1940s with the first production model being delivered in 1950. The Avon was Rolls-Royce's first axial-flow jet and was developed to replace the Nene. Initially designated the AJ.65 (axial jet, 6,500 lb thrust), the Avon went through several designations and is currently marketed as a stationary power source. Rolls-Royce: History (294 words) The Hillington factory which had been managed for the Air Ministry by Rolls-Royce from 1939 to 1947, was taken over by the company on 1 April 1947. In addition, the demands of the Korean war for Avon turbojet engines led to the building of a new factory for Rolls-Royce at East Kilbride, to the south of Glasgow. The Scottish Branch collection, located at the Rolls-Royce East Kilbride factory, encompasses the heritage of the Company at Hillington, East Kilbride, the former satellite factories and, in the future, Inchinnan.
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