Turbines of British pilots
Subtitle: The birth and description of the first gas turbines in the United Kingdom
First edition, December 2020
| Chapter I: Introduction | page___3 |
| Influence of II. world war Some aspects of jet drives Performance of gas turbines for aircraft Turboshaft motors | |
| Chapter II: Beginning of the development of British axial motors in RAE | page 9 |
| Alan Arnold Griffith Other work by Dr. Griffith on axial compressors Hayne Constant Anne test compressor Another version of axial compressors Beginning of cooperation with Metrovick Turbocharger Betty B.10 Turbine engine D.11 Axial compressors Fred and Sarah Some aspects of jet engine development Jet engines F.1 and F.2 Turbine division at RAE Committee on cooperation in the field of jet engines | |
| Chapter III: Frank Whittle | page 26 |
| The first patent Establishment of Power Jets Tests of the first experimental engine The second version of the WU engine The third modified WU model W.1 engine for flight tests Improved engine W.2 Another version of the W.2 engine Whittle engines in the United States Methods of increasing the power of Power Jets engines LR1 two spool motor Extinction of Power Jets The birth of the NGTE organization The next fate of F. Whittle | |
| Chapter IV: Gloster E.28/39 | page 59 |
| Preliminary concept of an airplane Design and construction of prototypes Airplane taxiing tests The first take–off of Pioneer Description of the aircraft design Other destinies E.28 / 39 | |
| Chapter V: Miles M.52 | page 72 |
| The creation of the supersonic aircraft program Miles‘ entry into the project Aircraft development Description of M.52 End of project | |
| Chapter VI: Rover | page 81 |
| Entry into the production of jet engines The first W.2 engines at Rover Production of an improved W.2B engine Collaboration with Joseph Lucas W.2B/26 jet engine Takeover by the Rolls-Royce | |
| Chapter VII: Rolls–Royce | page 91 |
| Stanley Hooker Situation after the takeover of Rover Engine W.2B/23 B.23 Welland engine description Afterburner on a Welland engine B37 Derwent Engine description of Derwent I Derwent I engine maintenance | |
| Chapter VIII: RB.41 Nene | page 112 |
| Rolls-Royce Nene, another in a series of radial motors Nene engine testing Air inlet and compressor Combustion chambers Gas turbine and outlet nozzle Drive box Rotor The cooling system Lubrication system Fuel system Control processes in the engine Starting the engine Another version of Nene Inspection and maintenance Lancastrian tests Plessey turbine starter Foreign licenses RB.41 Successes in the United States | |
| Chapter IX: Other RR engines | page 141 |
| New variants of the Derwent series Engine description Derwent V Rolls – Royce Tay Ground use of jet engines Trent turboprop Turboprop RB.39 Clyde The success of the Dart engine A. A. Griffith in Derby Griffith’s VTOL system Flying Bedstead – description The first Rolls-Royce axial motor Further development at Rolls-Royce Departure and return of S. Hooker | |
| Chapter X: Gloster Meteor | page 171 |
| Project F.9 / 40 The first serial Meteors Gloster Meteor F.3 The fourth version of Meteor Other variants of Meteor aircraft Description of the aircraft Meteor F.3 Derwent I and related systems Description of engine operation Flight characteristics and performance comparison Changes related to the Derwent V engine | |
| Chapter XI: British military aircraft for RR | page 194 |
| Gloster E.1 / 44 Supermarine Attacker Attacker aircraft design Supermarine Type 510 Other Supermarine fighters with a radial engine Hawker Sea Hawk Aircraft description Sea Hawk F.1 Other Hawker aircraft Avro jet delta wings Boulton Paul Other military aircraft with RR engines | |
| Chapter XII: Foreign aircraft with RR engines | page 223 |
| Dutch training aircraft Early Argentine jet fighters Advent of Italian jet aircraft The rise of jets in France French multi-engine jets Other French aircrafts with RR engines The first Dassault fighters | |
| Chapter XIII: Armstrong Whitworth AW.52 | page 237 |
| Glider model Engine prototypes Description of AW.52 Propulsion unit | |
| Chapter XIV: Transport aircrafts for RR | page 244 |
| The first jet transport planes Avro transport aircraft Vickers Viscount Description of Viscount series 700 Other airliners with Dart engines Dutch Fokker transport planes Avro Canada Jetliner Description of the C-102 prototype | |
| Chapter XV: De Havilland | page 263 |
| Frank Bernard Halford Halford drive concept H.1 ngine testing Description of test equipment H.1 in the United States Goblin production Another version of the Goblin | |
| Chapter XVI: Goblin 2 engine description | page 277 |
| Static structure Compressor Combustion chambers Gas turbine Jet nozzle Rotor Front of the engine Cooling Lubrication circuit Fuel system Differences of the Goblin 3 fuel system Starting the engine Operation Goblin 2 parameters Engine maintenance Testing after installation or repair | |
| Chapter XVII: Fighter plane dH Vampire | page 297 |
| Project DH.100 Serial production Later variants of the Vampire Landing on an aircraft carrier Description of the aircraft version F.1 Drives and related systems Engine control and tests of version F.1 Vampire drive group maintenance DH.100 with afterburner Vampire abroad | |
| Chapter XVIII: Other dH engines | page 316 |
| Propulsion unit H.2 Version of the second dH jet engine Design differences of the Ghost engine De Havilland engines abroad Other engines de Havilland | |
| Chapter XIX: Jet aircraft with de Havilland engines | page 327 |
| DH.108 Swallow Swedish turbojets Venom and Sea Vixen Fiat G.80 Crusader speedboat F. Halford’s lecture on the future of aircraft Transport aircraft dH Comet Description of DH.108 versions Description of the Comet model 1 Comet 1 powerplants | |
| Chapter XX: Metropolitan–Vickers | page 350 |
| The first version of the engine F.2 F.2/4 Beryl Mechanical construction of the Beryl engine Engine systems F.2/4 Metropolitan – Vickers F.3 Propfan F.5 Armstrong Siddeley F.9 Sapphire Marine applications of axial motors Other marine engines of the G series Civilian use of Metrovick engines Saunders – Roe jet seaplane Description SR.A / 1 Bluebird K7 | |
| Chapter XXI: Armstrong Siddeley Motors | page 380 |
| Axial engine ASX ASP turboprop Python engine description Westland Wyvern aircraft Construction of Wyvern fighter S.4 Cockpit and Wyvern controls | |
| Chapter XXII: Turboprop AS Mamba | page 401 |
| Requirements for a naval aircraft Armstrong Siddeley Mamba Planes for Mamba engine Double Mamba Fairey Gannet Construction of the Gannet aircraft The following AS engines | |
| Chapter XXIII: Bristol engines | page 427 |
| Theseus turboprop Tests of the first Bristol turboprop Theseus engine design Bristol Proteus Engine description of Proteus 2 Proteus 3 Coupled Proteus Bristol propellerless drives Other Bristol gas turbines | |
| Chapter XXIV: Bristol drives in aircraft | page 457 |
| Birth of a seaplane SR.45 Prototypes of the Princess aircraft End of the Saunders-Roe seaplane Construction of the airframe SR.45 Installation of propulsion units in the Princess Bristol Brabazon Mk.II Bristol Britannia Typ 175 Britannia production Construction of the Britannia plane | |
| Chapter XXV: Non-flight applications of Proteus engines | page 484 |
| Bluebird CN7 CN7 vehicle construction Marine use of Bristol engines Marine Proteus in speedboats Proteus as a hovercraft drive Technical details of hovercraft SR.N4 Use of Proteus to generate electricity | |
| Chapter XXVI: Napier turbine drives | page 499 |
| Compound drive concept Nomad I engine design Nomad II aircraft engine Napier Naiad Naiad turboprop construction Napier Eland Engine description Eland Other Napier turbine drives | |
| Chapter XXVII: Napier turbine engine planes | page 523 |
| Eland in airliners Fairey jet helicopters Fairey Rotodyne project Prototype tests Description of the Fairey Rotodyne Rotodyne machine control Westland turboshaft helicopter End of the Westminster project | |
| Chapter XXVIII: British engines in the Soviet Union | page 543 |
| German technology in the USSR Acquisition of Rolls-Royce radial engines RD-500 radial motor RD-45, copy of RR engine Yakovlev’s jets Soviet aircraft for radial engines Aircraft propulsion VK-1 Description of afterburner on VK-1F Planes for VK-1 Mikoyan and Gurevich fighters Description of the MiG-15bis fighter The first Ilyushin jets | |
| Chapter XXIX: Soviet aviation technology in the Czechoslovakia | page 580 |
| The arrival of Soviet aircraft Licensed production of MiG aircraft Start of production of radial motors in Czechoslovakia M06 jet engine Further use of Klimov jet engines Licensed production in the world | |
| Chapter XXX: Conclusion | page 592 |
| Reorganization of the UK aviation industry | |
| Appendix | page 595 |
| Appendix 1: Scheme of relations in the aviation industry during the initial period of development of jet engines | |
| Appendix 2: Overview of the post-war use of British aircraft engines with a radial compressor in various aircraft around the world | |
| Appendix 3: Overview of the first British gas turbines and their parameters | |
| Appendix 4: Overview of the first British aircraft with gas turbines | |
| Appendix 5: Bibliography | |
| Appendix 6: Index | |
| Contents | page 607 |