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Rolls Royce / Snecma Olympus 593 Mk602 standard engineRolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 Mk602 production standard engine ready to leave the assembly shop for testbed running at the Rolls-Royce Bristol Engine Division
Avro Vulcan B1 XA903Avro Vulcan B1, XA903, used as an engine testbed for the Turbo Union RB199 for the Panavia Tornado
Bristol Type 188Engineers Working on the Bristol Type 188 Supersonic Experimental Test-Bed Aircraft Parked at Filton, UK Preparing for Test on the de Havilland Gyron Junior Jet-Engine Date: 1960s
Gloster Meteor F4 RA490Gloster Meteor F4, RA490, following use as a Beryl engine testbed, the aircraft was heavily modified to take two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets for trials with a jet deflection system
Avro Lincoln RF403 testbedAvro Lincoln, RF403, testbed for the Armstrong Siddeley Python turboprop. This aircraft was scrapped in Australia in 1958 following high altitude bombing trials at Woomera. Date: 1958
Avro Vulcan B1 XA894Avro Vulcan B1, XA894, used as an engine testbed for the Bristol Siddeley Olympus 320 for the TSR-2
R101 engine car on a testbed
Vickers Valiant B1 WP199Vickers Valiant B1, WP199, was used as a testbed for the Pegasus engine
Avro Vulcan XA903 FarnboroughFirst public appearance of the then unnamed stand-off bomb. Eventually called Blue Steel it became the standard British air carried nuclear weapon
Avro Vulcan B1 XA894 FarnboroughThe flying testbed for the Bristol Siddeley Olympus 22R turbojet engine destined for use in TSR2. Aircraft destroyed by fire on 3rd December 1962 during ground engine testing. Date: 1962
Boeing JB-52E Stratofortress, 56-0636, used as a flying ?Boeing JB-52E Stratofortress, 56-0636, used as a flying testbed for the Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan for the Boeing 747
Rolls Royce RB39 Clyde axial turboprop on the testbedRolls-Royce RB39 Clyde axial turboprop on the testbed at Gyll Brow. circa 1947. Date: 1947
Avro Vulcan Conway-powered engine testbedRolls-Royce taking delivery at Hucknall of the Avro Vulcan Conway-powered engine testbed
The sole Gloster Goring, J8674, fitted with a Bristol Pe?The sole Gloster Goring, J8674, fitted with a Bristol Pegasus radial while being used as an engine testbed by Bristol at Filton
Nord 2508 Noratlas, F-BFRG, was used as an engine testbed
Fairey Battle testbed for the Bristol Hercules radial, N?Fairey Battle testbed for the Bristol Hercules radial, N2042
Fairey Battle testbed for the Rolls-Royce Exe
Fairey Battle testbed for the Bristol Taurus radial, K9331
Bristol Jupiter VIII installation on Bristol Bloodhound, G-EBGG, testbed
Handley Page HP67 Hastings TE583 used as a testbedHandley Page HP67 Hastings, TE583, used as a testbed for the Saphire turbojet
A pair of Rolls Royce / Snecma Olympus 593 turbojetsA pair of Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 turbojets being prepared for testbed running at the Centre dEssais des Propulseurs at Saclay, near Paris. Looking forward through the Type 28 nozzles
Convair NB-36H flying testbed for an airborne nuclear reactor
Handley Page HP137 Jestream G-AWVKHandley Page HP137 Jestream, G-AWVK, was used by Decca as a testbed and demonstrator for navigation aids
Vickers VC10 G-AXLR used a testbedVickers VC10, G-AXLR, was used a testbed for the Rolls-Royce RB211. This flew for the first time on 6 March 1970. Date: 1970
Vickers Viscount 757 C-FTID-X used as a testbedVickers Viscount 757, C-FTID-X, used as a testbed for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-50 turboprop used in the de Havilland Canada Dash 7. June 1974. Date: 1974
Bristol Bulldog II J9591 in use as a Mercury testbedBristol Bulldog II, J9591, in use as a Mercury testbed, is fitted with a Mercury IVA with a special exhaust ring and cylinder helmets
Martin PTV-N-2 (Gorgon IV) ramjet engine testbed after launch from a Black Widow fighter off Point Magu, California, Naval Air Test Center
Rolls-Royce Viper 600 turbojet fitted to the Rolls-Royce flying testbed HS125 Series 1, G-ARYC. 1970. G-ARYC was the third 125 built and the first production aircraft. Date: 1970
North American Sabre F4 XB982 of the RAFNorth American Sabre F4, XB982, of the RAF which was used as a testbed for the Bristol Siddeley Orpheus 801 turbojet
Gloster Meteor F4 RA435Gloster Meteor F4, RA435, was used by Rolls-Royce as a testbed for two reheated Derwent V turbojets
Gloster Meteor F4 RA449Gloster Meteor F4, RA449, is towed past an Avro Lincoln engine testbed
The Boeing EB-17G 44-85813The Boeing EB-17G, 44-85813, was a testbed for the Wright T35 Typhoon. It was later redesignated JB-17G
Fairey Battle testbed for the Bristol Taurus radial K9331Fairey Battle testbed for the Bristol Taurus radial, K9331, head-on view
Avro Lincoln SX972 testbedAvro Lincoln, SX972, testbed for the Bristol Proteus turboprop, overflying the Bristol Brabazon at the 1951 Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1951
Lanchester flying testbed used to develop engines for the Gloster Meteor, from 1943 Date: 1943