The de Havilland Ghost (originally Halford H-2) was the de Havilland Engine Company's second design of a turbojet engine to enter production and the world's...
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Hawker Hunter and de Havilland Sea Vixen. In comparison with the Vampire, it had a thinner wing and a more powerful de Havilland Ghost 103 turbojet engine...
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flew in 1949. It features an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and...
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designation FAW.20 (Fighter, All-Weather). It was powered by a single de Havilland Ghost 103 turbojet engine and its armament was the same as the RAF version...
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trainer and the de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" experimental aircraft. The Goblin was later scaled up as the larger de Havilland Ghost, with the model numbers...
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The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited (/də ˈhævɪlənd/) was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag...
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The de Havilland Ghost was a British V-8 aero engine that first ran in 1928. Designed by Geoffrey de Havilland the 'Ghost' was developed from the ADC...
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de Havilland Ghost de Havilland Gipsy de Havilland Gipsy Minor de Havilland Gipsy Major de Havilland Gipsy Six de Havilland Gipsy Queen de Havilland Gipsy...
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The de Havilland Aircraft Museum, formerly the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, is a volunteer-run aviation museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire...
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favourable high speed qualities. It was powered by the recently-developed de Havilland Ghost turbojet engine. The Swedish Air Force placed an initial order for...
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was silver and scarlet in colour and 10 m long. The engine was a de Havilland Ghost Mk 48 centrifugal turbojet provided as a loan by the Ministry of Supply...
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The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter...
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List of aircraft engines (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
IIIA de Havilland Gipsy Minor de Havilland Gipsy Queen de Havilland Gipsy Six Halford H.1 de Havilland Ghost de Havilland Gnome de Havilland Goblin de Havilland...
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thrust of a typical jetliner engine went from 5,000 lbf (22 kN) (de Havilland Ghost turbojet) in the 1950s to 115,000 lbf (510 kN) (General Electric GE90...
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(149 kW) de Havilland Ghost engine. This engine comprised two de Havilland Gipsys mounted on a common crankcase to form an air-cooled V-8. With the Ghost, the...
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de Havilland Gipsy de Havilland Gipsy Major Napier Rapier Napier Dagger Napier Sabre Siddeley Puma de Havilland H.1 Goblin de Havilland H.2 Ghost de Havilland...
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The de Havilland PS.23 or PS.52 Gyron, originally the Halford H-4, was Frank Halford's last turbojet design while working for de Havilland. Intended to...
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liquid-cooled piston engines, 1,620 hp (1,210 kW) each Propellers: 3-bladed de Havilland Hydromatic, 13 ft (4.0 m) diameter constant-speed fully-feathering propellers...
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Nimonic 80a was used for the turbine blades on the Rolls-Royce Nene and de Havilland Ghost, Nimonic 90 on the Bristol Proteus, and Nimonic 105 on the Rolls-Royce...
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Khartoum and Nairobi. These were tested on thirty flights, but the de Havilland Ghost jet engines alone were considered powerful enough and some airlines...
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reduce drag. It would have been powered by an arrangement of six de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines mounted inside of the wingroots. The Duchess was...
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2.53 Related development General Electric J31 Comparable engines de Havilland Ghost Rolls-Royce Derwent Related lists List of aircraft engines Dempewolff...
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were flown with several types of early jet engine, including the de Havilland Ghost and the Rolls-Royce Nene. They retained the two inboard piston engines...
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the growth of commercial aviation. The engines displayed here are a de Havilland Ghost turbojet, a Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet, a Rolls-Royce Conway turbofan...
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terminal shock to prevent shock-induced separation and excessive loss. de Havilland Ghost engine. Turning vanes to reduce pressure losses can be seen in the...
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other engine manufacturers, such as the RM1 (de Havilland Goblin) for the Saab 21R, RM2 (de Havilland Ghost) for the Saab J29, RM5 and RM6 (Rolls-Royce...
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including a twin-engine aircraft intended to be powered by a pair of de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines, Saab settled on a single-engine design, which was...
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Nimonic 80a was used for the turbine blades on the Rolls-Royce Nene and de Havilland Ghost Nimonic 90 was used on the Bristol Proteus. Nimonic 105 was used on...
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Proteus Continental O-200 de Havilland Ghost de Havilland Gipsy Minor de Havilland Gipsy Queen de Havilland Goblin de Havilland Gyron Junior General Electric...
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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier with André Giroud de Villette, in Paris. 1783-11-21: 1,000 m (3,300 ft); Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier with Marquis d'Arlandes...
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