Rolls-Royce Avon engine

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axial-flow turbojet engine turbojet engine

The Rolls-Royce Avon engine is a pioneering British axial-flow turbojet developed in the late 1940s that powered numerous military and civilian aircraft, including early jet airliners and fighters.

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Label Occurrences
Rolls-Royce Avon 14
Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet 2
Rolls-Royce Avon engine canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf axial-flow turbojet engine ⓘ
turbojet engine ⓘ
application bomber aircraft propulsion ⓘ
early jet airliner propulsion ⓘ
fighter aircraft propulsion ⓘ
combustionChambers can-annular combustor ⓘ
compressorType axial-flow compressor ⓘ
configuration single-spool axial-flow turbojet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designGoal higher efficiency than centrifugal-flow turbojets ⓘ
suitable for transonic and early supersonic aircraft ⓘ
developer Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
enteredService 1950 ⓘ
era early Cold War jet engine ⓘ
firstRun 1946 ⓘ
fuelType aviation kerosene ⓘ
inception late 1940s ⓘ
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
notableFeature first successful axial-flow turbojet produced by Rolls-Royce ⓘ
long production life with many variants ⓘ
widely used in both military and civil aircraft ⓘ
notableVariant Avon RA.3 ⓘ
surface form: Avon RA.14

Avon RA.3 ⓘ
surface form: Avon RA.29

Avon RA.3 ⓘ
Avon RA.3 ⓘ
surface form: Avon RA.7
predecessor Rolls-Royce Nene engine ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene
productionPeriod late 1940s to 1970s ⓘ
successor Rolls-Royce Conway engine ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce Conway
thrustClass approximately 6,500–12,000 lbf dry ⓘ
up to around 16,000 lbf with afterburner ⓘ
turbineType axial-flow turbine ⓘ
usedBy British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ
surface form: BOAC (via Comet operations)

French airlines (via Caravelle operators) ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Swedish Air Force ⓘ
usedFor civil aviation ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
usedIn CAC Sabre ⓘ
English Electric Canberra ⓘ
Pulqui II jet fighter ⓘ
surface form: FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II

Hawker Hunter ⓘ
Saab 32 Lansen ⓘ
surface form: SAAB 32 Lansen

Caravelle ⓘ
surface form: Sud Aviation Caravelle

Supermarine Swift ⓘ
Vickers Valiant bomber ⓘ
surface form: Vickers Valiant

de Havilland Comet ⓘ
de Havilland Sea Vixen ⓘ
surface form: de Havilland Sea Vixen (early development)

industrial and marine gas turbine derivatives (Avon industrial gas turbine) ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rolls-Royce Limited → notableProduct → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
Supermarine Swift → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Hawker Hunter → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet
Saab 32 Lansen → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Saab 35 Draken → engineOrigin → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Rolls-Royce Conway engine → predecessor → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Conway
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Rolls-Royce aircraft engines → notableModel → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Caravelle → propulsionBy → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Sud Aviation Caravelle
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon engines
Vickers Valiant bomber → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Vickers Valiant
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Swift FR.5 → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet
CAC Sabre → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine
Swift F.4 → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Svenska Flygmotor RM5 → licenseBuiltFrom → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
The Lance → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
de Havilland Comet → engineModel → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Volvo Flygmotor RM6C turbojet → basedOn → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Volvo Flygmotor RM6C
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Volvo Flygmotor RM6C turbojet → derivativeOf → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Volvo Flygmotor RM6C
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Volvo Flygmotor RM6C turbojet → licenseBuiltFrom → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Volvo Flygmotor RM6C
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon
Thrust2 → engine → Rolls-Royce Avon engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rolls-Royce Avon