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Rolls-Royce Derwent, the Glossary

Index Rolls-Royce Derwent

The Rolls-Royce RB.37 Derwent is a 1940s British centrifugal compressor turbojet engine, the second Rolls-Royce jet engine to enter production.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 53 relations: Adrian Lombard, Air Enthusiast, Avro 707, Avro Canada C102 Jetliner, Barnoldswick, Boundary layer, Centrifugal compressor, City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Clitheroe, De Havilland, De Havilland Goblin, Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives, Fairey Delta 1, Flight airspeed record, Flight International, FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I, Fokker S.14 Machtrainer, Frank Whittle, Gloster Meteor, Horsham St Faith, Jet car, Jet engine, Klimov RD-500, Labour Party (UK), Land speed record, List of aircraft engines, Maurice Wilks, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Minister of Aircraft Production, Nord 1601, Power Jets, Reverse engineering, Richard Noble, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Rolls-Royce Limited, Rolls-Royce Meteor, Rolls-Royce Nene, Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent, Rolls-Royce Welland, Rover Company, Royal Air Force Museum London, Soviet Union, Stanley Hooker, Supercharger, Thrust1, Thrust2, True airspeed, Tupolev '73', Turbojet, Turboprop, ... Expand index (3 more) »

  2. Centrifugal-flow turbojet engines

Adrian Lombard

Adrian Albert "Lom" Lombard, CBE (19 January 1915 – 13 July 1967) was an English aeronautical engineer.

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Air Enthusiast

Air Enthusiast was a British, bi-monthly, aviation magazine, published by the Key Publishing group.

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Avro 707

The Avro 707 (also known as Type 707) is an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Avro.

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Avro Canada C102 Jetliner

The Avro Canada C102 Jetliner was a Canadian prototype medium-range turbojet-powered jet airliner built by Avro Canada in 1949.

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Barnoldswick

Barnoldswick (pronounced) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England.

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Boundary layer

In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is the thin layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface formed by the fluid flowing along the surface.

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Centrifugal compressor

Centrifugal compressors, sometimes called impeller compressors or radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery.

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City of Norwich Aviation Museum

The City of Norwich Aviation Museum is a volunteer-run museum and charitable trust dedicated to the preservation of the aviation history of the county of Norfolk, England.

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Clitheroe

Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located north-west of Manchester.

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De Havilland

The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London.

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De Havilland Goblin

The de Havilland Goblin, originally designated as the Halford H-1, is an early turbojet engine designed by Frank Halford and built by de Havilland. Rolls-Royce Derwent and de Havilland Goblin are 1940s turbojet engines and centrifugal-flow turbojet engines.

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Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives

Ernest Walter Hives, 1st Baron Hives (21 April 1886 – 24 April 1965), was the one-time head of the Rolls-Royce Aero Engine division and chairman of Rolls-Royce Ltd.

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Fairey Delta 1

The Fairey Delta 1 (FD1) was a research aircraft developed and produced by British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation.

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Flight airspeed record

An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class.

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Flight International

Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.

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FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I

The I.Ae.

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Fokker S.14 Machtrainer

The Fokker S.14 Machtrainer is a two-seater military training jet aircraft designed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF).

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Frank Whittle

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, (1 June 1907 – 8 August 1996) was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer.

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Gloster Meteor

The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War.

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Horsham St Faith

Horsham St Faith is a village in Norfolk, England.

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Jet car

A jet car is a car propelled by a jet engine.

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Jet engine

A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion.

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Klimov RD-500

The Klimov RD-500 was an unlicensed Soviet copy of the Rolls-Royce Derwent V turbojet that was sold to the Soviet Union in 1947. Rolls-Royce Derwent and Klimov RD-500 are 1940s turbojet engines and centrifugal-flow turbojet engines.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Land speed record

The land speed record (LSR) or absolute land speed record is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land.

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List of aircraft engines

This is an alphabetical list of aircraft engines by manufacturer.

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Maurice Wilks

Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks (19 August 19048 September 1963) was an English automotive and aeronautical engineer, and by the time of his death in 1963, was the chairman of the Rover Company.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union.

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Minister of Aircraft Production

The Minister of Aircraft Production was, from 1940 to 1945, the British government minister at the Ministry of Aircraft Production, one of the specialised supply ministries set up by the British Government during World War II.

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Nord 1601

The Nord 1601 was a French aerodynamic research aircraft designed and built by Nord Aviation.

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Power Jets

Power Jets was a British company set up by Frank Whittle for the purpose of designing and manufacturing jet engines.

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Reverse engineering

Reverse engineering (also known as backwards engineering or back engineering) is a process or method through which one attempts to understand through deductive reasoning how a previously made device, process, system, or piece of software accomplishes a task with very little (if any) insight into exactly how it does so.

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Richard Noble

Richard James Anthony Noble, OBE (born 6 March 1946) is a Scottish entrepreneur who was holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997.

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Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust

The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust is an organisation that was founded in 1981 to preserve the history of Rolls-Royce Limited, Rolls-Royce Holdings and all merged or acquired companies.

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Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce Limited was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Rolls-Royce Meteor

The Rolls-Royce Meteor later renamed the Rover Meteor is a British tank engine that was developed during the Second World War.

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Rolls-Royce Nene

The Rolls-Royce RB.41 Nene is a 1940s British centrifugal compressor turbojet engine. Rolls-Royce Derwent and Rolls-Royce Nene are 1940s turbojet engines, centrifugal-flow turbojet engines and Rolls-Royce aircraft gas turbine engines.

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Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent

The Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent was the first Rolls-Royce turboprop engine. Rolls-Royce Derwent and Rolls-Royce RB.50 Trent are Rolls-Royce aircraft gas turbine engines.

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Rolls-Royce Welland

The Rolls-Royce RB.23 Welland was Britain's first production jet engine. Rolls-Royce Derwent and Rolls-Royce Welland are 1940s turbojet engines, centrifugal-flow turbojet engines and Rolls-Royce aircraft gas turbine engines.

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Rover Company

The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company that operated from its base in Solihull, Warwickshire.

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Royal Air Force Museum London

The Royal Air Force Museum London (also commonly known as the RAF Museum) is located on the former Hendon Aerodrome, in North London's Borough of Barnet.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Stanley Hooker

Sir Stanley George Hooker, CBE, FRS, DPhil, BSc, FRAeS, MIMechE, FAAAS (30 September 1907 – 24 May 1984), was a mathematician and jet engine engineer.

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Supercharger

In an internal combustion engine, a supercharger compresses the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to produce more power for a given displacement.

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Thrust1

Thrust1 was a British-designed and built jet-propelled car.

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Thrust2

Thrust2 is a British-designed and -built jet-propelled car, which held the world land speed record from 4 October 1983 to 25 September 1997.

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True airspeed

The true airspeed (TAS; also KTAS, for knots true airspeed) of an aircraft is the speed of the aircraft relative to the air mass through which it is flying.

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Tupolev '73'

The Tupolev '73', (samolyot 73), was a Soviet trijet medium bomber of the late 1940s.

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Turbojet

The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft.

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Turboprop

A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.

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1940 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1940.

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1941 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1941.

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1943 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943.

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See also

Centrifugal-flow turbojet engines

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Derwent

Also known as Rolls Royce Derwent, Rolls-Royce Derwent 5, Rolls-Royce Derwent 8, Rolls-Royce Derwent 9, Rolls-Royce Derwent V.

, 1940 in aviation, 1941 in aviation, 1943 in aviation.