de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine
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The de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine was an early British centrifugal-flow jet engine widely used in pioneering postwar aircraft such as the de Havilland Vampire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5928540 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine Context triple: [Bluebird K7, poweredBy, de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine]
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Turbomeca Aubisque turbojet
The Turbomeca Aubisque is a small French turbojet engine developed in the 1960s, used primarily to power light military trainer and attack aircraft.
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B.
Rolls-Royce Avon 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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Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
The Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet is a British axial-flow jet engine best known for powering aircraft such as the Avro Vulcan bomber and later versions of the supersonic airliner Concorde.
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D.
Rolls-Royce Griffon
The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a powerful British liquid-cooled V12 aero engine developed during World War II, best known for powering later, high-performance variants of the Supermarine Spitfire and other Royal Air Force aircraft.
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E.
Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
The Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan is a British low-bypass jet engine widely used from the 1960s in both military and civilian aircraft for its reliability and compact, efficient design.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine Target entity description: The de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine was an early British centrifugal-flow jet engine widely used in pioneering postwar aircraft such as the de Havilland Vampire.
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A.
Turbomeca Aubisque turbojet
The Turbomeca Aubisque is a small French turbojet engine developed in the 1960s, used primarily to power light military trainer and attack aircraft.
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B.
Rolls-Royce Avon 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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C.
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
The Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet is a British axial-flow jet engine best known for powering aircraft such as the Avro Vulcan bomber and later versions of the supersonic airliner Concorde.
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D.
Rolls-Royce Griffon
The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a powerful British liquid-cooled V12 aero engine developed during World War II, best known for powering later, high-performance variants of the Supermarine Spitfire and other Royal Air Force aircraft.
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E.
Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
The Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan is a British low-bypass jet engine widely used from the 1960s in both military and civilian aircraft for its reliability and compact, efficient design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft engine
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turbojet engine ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
H.1 Goblin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halford H.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| application | fighter aircraft propulsion ⓘ |
| category | centrifugal-compressor jet engine ⓘ |
| configuration | centrifugal-flow turbojet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designer | Frank Halford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | de Havilland Engine Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
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early Cold War ⓘ |
| firstRunDate | 1942 ⓘ |
| fuelType | kerosene-based jet fuel ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to early operational jet fighter capability for the RAF
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helped establish de Havilland as a major jet engine manufacturer ⓘ |
| introducedInService | mid-1940s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | de Havilland Engine Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | goblin (mythological creature) ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of the first British production turbojet engines
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single-stage centrifugal compressor ⓘ straight-through combustion layout ⓘ |
| powerplantFor | single-engine jet fighters ⓘ |
| productionStatus | out of production ⓘ |
| successor | de Havilland Ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Italian Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ Swedish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | pioneering postwar jet aircraft ⓘ |
| usedInAircraft |
Fiat G.80
NERFINISHED
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Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 (testbed use) NERFINISHED ⓘ Saab 21R NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.3 NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.5 NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland DH.108 Swallow NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Sea Vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Venom (early prototypes) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine Description of subject: The de Havilland Goblin turbojet engine was an early British centrifugal-flow jet engine widely used in pioneering postwar aircraft such as the de Havilland Vampire.
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