Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire

E579838

turbojet engine

The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was a British axial-flow turbojet engine widely used in early Cold War military aircraft.

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Label	Occurrences
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire canonical	1
Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire (car)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	turbojet engine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ASSa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sapphire turbojet NERFINISHED ⓘ
application	military aircraft propulsion ⓘ
category	British military aircraft engine ⓘ aircraft engine ⓘ jet engine ⓘ
combustionType	annular combustion chamber ⓘ
compressorType	axial compressor ⓘ
coolingSystem	air-cooled turbine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
designType	single-spool axial-flow ⓘ
developedFrom	earlier Armstrong Siddeley turbojet research ⓘ
enteredService	early 1950s ⓘ
era	early Cold War ⓘ
firstRunDate	late 1940s ⓘ
fuelType	kerosene jet fuel ⓘ
licenseBuiltAs	Wright J65 NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer	Armstrong Siddeley NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	formed basis for the American Wright J65 engine ⓘ widely used in British fighter and bomber aircraft ⓘ
notableOperator	Royal Air Force Bomber Command (Canberra variants) NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force Fighter Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionPeriod	1950s ⓘ
status	out of production ⓘ
successor	Rolls-Royce Avon (in many RAF applications) NERFINISHED ⓘ
thrustClass	around 7,000–11,000 lbf depending on variant ⓘ
turbineType	single-stage turbine ⓘ
usedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force (via Wright J65) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	Armstrong Whitworth AW.58 (test and research aircraft) NERFINISHED ⓘ English Electric Canberra (some variants) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloster Javelin NERFINISHED ⓘ Handley Page Victor (early prototypes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawker Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (license-built version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic RF-84F Thunderflash (license-built version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Supermarine Swift (some variants) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInConflict	Cold War period operations ⓘ
usedInRole	fighter aircraft ⓘ interceptor aircraft ⓘ light bomber ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Gloster Javelin → powerplant → Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire ⓘ

Armstrong Siddeley → notableProduct → Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire (car)