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Blackburn YA. 1 Firecrest RT651Blackburn YA.1 Firecrest RT651 at the 1947 SBAC Radlett air-show, parked next to the first prototype Boulton Paul Balliol VL892
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
Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II - Convair 440-62Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II (Convair 440-62) N440EL (msn 445) at PacAero Engineering Corporation, Santa Monica, CA. Built in 1957 and delivered to D.Napier & Sons Ltd
Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark 125482. The third production aircraft of ten completed, 125482 was bailed to the Allison Engine Company for flight testing of turboprop engines at Edwards Air Force Base in
Wright (Armstrong Siddeley) J65 Sapphire turbojet engineWright J65 (Armstrong Siddeley) Sapphire turbojet engine. The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was a British turbojet engine licence- Built in the United States by Curtiss-Wright of the Wright
McKinnon G-21G Turbo-Goose ZK-ERX (msn 1226) of See Bee Air ltd. At Auckland, New Zealand. The Turbo-Goose is a turboprop powered conversion of Grumman G-21 Goose amphibian aircraft
Gloster Trent Meteor F-1Prototype Modified Gloster Trent Meteor F-1 Test-Bed Parked with Trent Rb-50 Engine, the First Turboprop Aircraft to Fly, As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc
Vickers Viscount 700A Stewardess Walking Down the Airstairs of an Aer Lingus Viscount 700 Date: 1960s
Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AODEHandley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODE (msn 1), the first prototype Herald, seen during a photo-shoot rendezvous with an HP Victor
Rolls-Royce Dart, turboprop engine, at the Historic Aircraft museum on Southend Airport. Date: circa 1978
EKW C. 3605 Schlepp C-547Swiss Air Force - EKW C.3605 Schlepp C-547, at Dubendorf on 30 August 1977. Originally built as an EKW C3603, then converted with turboprop engine to a EKW C-3605 target-tug
Beech-SFERMA 60A Marquis F-BKOP (msn 9), at RAF St. Mawgan / Newquay Airport, in May 1966. (The Marquis were Beechcraft Barons re-engined with Turbomeca Astazou turboprop engines)
Beech-SFERMA 60A Marquis F-BJSJ (msn 3), of Europ-Assistance, at Birmingham-Elmdon Airport in January 1964. (The Marquis were Beechcraft Barons re-engined with Turbomeca Astazou turboprop engines)
Daimler-Benz DB 721, 2200hp turboprop engineDaimler-Benz DB 721 (a.k.a. PTL 10), experimental turboprop engine, one of a trio of experimental gas turbine engines designed and built by Mercedes-Benz in the 1950s and 1960s. Date: circa 1980
Convair 580 N73153 (msn 179), of Sierra Pacific Airlines, in storage pending sale to Kelowna Flightcraft. (Built as a CV-340-60)
Currie Jet Wot G-APWT, the second Currie Wot, first flown on 20 October 1959, fitted with a 70hp Rover TP.60/1 turboprop engine in November 1960
Avro 701 Athena T Mk. 2 VW892Avro 701 Athena T Mk.2 VW892, (second prototype T Mk.2), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. Originally designed for turboprop power to Air Ministry Specification T.7/45 as the Athena T Mk.1
Napier Naiad turboprop engine, from D. Napier and Sons Ltd. on an exhibition stand at Luton Airport. Date: 1951
Convair 580 N331G (msn 202) Capitalist Tool of Forbes Magazine at London Heathrow Airport. built as a Convair CV-340-79-, powered by Pratt & Whitney R-2800 piston engines
SOCEMA TGA-01 turboprop at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949SOCEMA TGA-01 turboprop at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)
Boeing XB-47D Stratojet 51-2103 (msn 450176) flying as the Wright XT49 Test-bed in the 1950s built as a Boeing B-47B-30-BW Stratojet and re-designated EB-47B in April 1952.December 1954
Napier Eland turboprop engine on the D. Napier & sons stand at the 1953 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1953
USN - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNoUnited states Navy - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo 131630 or 131631. Turbo-Prop conversion of the R7V-1 for the US Navy
Armstrong Whitworth AW. 55 Apollo VX224Armstrong Whitworth AW.55 Apollo VX224 (G-AMCH, not carried) of the Empire Test Pilot School, at Farnborough. The ETPS had the Apollo for only nine months, during which it only flew 20 hours
Blackburn YA. 7 WB781Blackburn YA.7 WB781 (msn 5615), on the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough fire dump (struck off charge on 18 May 1955)
Bristol B. E. 10 Olympus Mk. 101Bristol B.E.10 Olympus Mk.101 (Ministry of Supply designation Bol.1/2C). A more powerful version of the Olympus with a larger turbine, delivering11
Boulton Paul Balliol prototype VL935Boulton Paul Balliol 3rd prototype VL935 at the 1948 Farnborough SBAC show, in company with Avro Athena prototype VW890. the four Balliol prototypes were to be powered by Armstrong-Siddeley Mamba
Dassault Communaute F-WJDNthe Dassault MD.415 Communaute (F-WJDN) was a 1950s French twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft, first flown on 10 May 1959
Bristol B-175 Britannia 312Caledonian Airways Bristol B-175 Britannia 312 Flying Enroute Date: 1965
Lockheed XFV-1 SalmonLockheed Xfv-1 Salmon Unusual Design Vtol Tail-Sitter Tilted at 45 Degrees in a Rig after Test-Flights Had Finished Date: 1958
Vickers Viscount 701The First-Officer of the Bea Viscount Flagship Discovery Talking to Passenger Seated in a Club Seating Arrangement in the First-Class Cabin Date: 1960s
Bristol Proteus 705 turboprop cross-sectional drawing
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 Lancaster VI ND784Avro Lancaster VI, ND784, showing the installation of an Armstrong Siddeley ASX in the bomb bay. Testing was carried out from Bruntingthorpe
Canadair CL-66 demonstrator with Napier Eland turboprop engines. Date: circa 1960
Boeing YC-97J Stratofreighter 22693 USAF PrestwickOne of 2 Stratofreighters converted as testbeds for Pratt and Whitney turboprop engines. Date: 1960
Bristol Theseus turboprop cutaway drawing
Bristol Theseus I turboprop
Bristol Proteus 755 turboprop
Bristol Proteus 705 turboprop
Rolls-Royce RB53 Dart RDa10 turboprop of 3, 030tehp for the NAMC YS-11
Rolls-Royce RB53 Dart Mk 552 turboprop
The 2, 000th Rolls-Royce RB53 Dart turboprop for the Vickers Viscount
Rolls-Royce RB53 Dart turboprop installation on Vickers Viscount, N7411, of Capital Airlines
Bristol Proteus 700 series turboprop
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
Avro Lincoln SX972 testbedAvro Lincoln, SX972, testbed for the Bristol Proteus turboprop, overflying the Bristol Brabazon at the 1951 Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1951
Ground running an Armstrong Siddeley Python turboprop on an Avro Lancaster