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THESEUS
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Thrust hp |
Aircraft |
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Picture |
| Theseus |
2220
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Handley Page HP.82 Hermes V |
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| The Theseus was Bristol's first gas turbine engine. A turboprop design, it was soon superseded by the Proteus. Only two Theseus powered HP.82's were built. |
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PROTEUS
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Thrust ehp |
Aircraft |
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Picture |
| Mk.600 |
3780
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SARO SR45 Princess |
(1)
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| Mk.705 |
3900
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Bristol Britannia 100 series
Bristol Britannia 300 series |
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| Mk.755 |
4120
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Bristol Britannia 250 series
Bristol Britannia 300 series |
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| Mk.765 |
4445
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Bristol Britannia 250 series |
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| (1) The Saro Princess had ten Proteus engine. Two of them were mounted singly but the remaining eight engines were mounted in pairs (see picture), each pair driving a contra-rotating propeller.
The Proteus was used by Donald Campbell to power his Bluebird car which broke the world land speed record in 1964
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OLYMPUS
| Mark |
Thust lbs |
Aircraft |
note |
Picture |
| BOl.1/2B Mk.100 |
9750 |
Avro Vulcan B.Mk.1 (prototype)
English Electric Canberra B.2 (research) |
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| BOl.1/2C Mk.101 |
11000 |
Avro Vulcan B.Mk.1 |
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| BOl.1/2C Mk.102 |
12000 |
Avro Vulcan B.Mk.1 |
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| BOl.1/2C Mk.104 |
13500 |
Avro Vulcan B.Mk.1 |
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| BOl.6 Mk.200 |
16000 |
Avro Vulcan B.Mk2 |
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| BOl.7 Mk.201 |
17000 |
Avro Vulcan B.Mk.2 |
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| BOl.21 Mk.301 |
20000 |
Avro Vulcan B.Mk.2 |
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| BOl.22R Mk.320 |
30610 wet |
BAC TSR2 prototype |
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| 593-1 |
28000 wet |
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde (prototype) |
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| 593-2B |
32900 wet |
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde (prototype) |
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| 593-3B |
34730 wet |
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde (prototype) |
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| 593 Mk.602 |
36800 wet |
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde (pre-production) |
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| 593 Mk.610 |
38050 wet |
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde |
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| 593 Mk.621 |
39940 wet |
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde |
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| The Olympus was Bristol's first turbojet engine design. It has seen a four fold increase in thrust during its life and is still going strong today. The Olympus was licenced toWright Aeronautical under the designation J-67 but problems with Wright meant that the J-67 never went into production. |
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ORPHEUS
| Mark |
Thrust lbs |
Aircraft |
note |
Picture |
| BOr.1 |
4050
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Fuji T1F2 |
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| BOr.2 Mk701 |
4520
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Folland Gnat Mk.1 |
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| BOr.2 Mk703 |
4850
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Dassault Mirage Balzac V-001 (VTOL prototype)
Helwan Air Works HA-300 (Eygpt)
HAL HF.24 Marut
Fiat G91
Lockheed L1329 Jetstar (first two protoypes) |
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| BOr.3 Mk801 |
4850
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Fiat G91 R3
Short SB.5 (research) |
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| BOr.3 Mk803 |
5000
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Fiat G91 R1 |
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| BOr.3 Mk805 |
4000
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Fuji T1F2
Hunting H.126 (research) |
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| BOr.4 Mk100 |
4230
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Folland Gnat T.Mk2 |
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| BOr.12 |
6000
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Dassault Etendard VI |
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-
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Fairchild C-119 |
(1)
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| The Orpheus was also built under licence by Fiat, Hindustan (India) and KHD (Germany). The Orpheus was subsequently used as the core section for the Pegasus vectored thrust engine.
(1) The Orpheus was used as a booster engine on Fairchild C-119's operated by the Indian air force.
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