Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf axial-flow jet engine ⓘ
turbojet engine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
developedFrom Metrovick F.2 ⓘ
firstRunDate 1950 ⓘ
manufacturer Bristol Aero Engines ⓘ
linked to: Bristol Siddeley

Bristol Siddeley ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Limited ⓘ
notableFeature afterburning in some variants ⓘ
designed for high subsonic and supersonic flight ⓘ
two-spool axial-flow compressor ⓘ
notableVariant Olympus 101 ⓘ
Olympus 102 ⓘ
Olympus 104 ⓘ
Olympus 200 ⓘ
Olympus 201 ⓘ
Olympus 301 ⓘ
Olympus 593 ⓘ
poweredAircraft Avro Vulcan B.2 ⓘ
linked to: Vulcan bomber

Concorde production fleet ⓘ
usedFor military bomber propulsion ⓘ
supersonic airliner propulsion ⓘ
usedInAircraft Airbus A300 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Airbus A300

Airbus A310 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Airbus A310

Airbus A320 (testbed) ⓘ
Antonov An-124 (testbed) ⓘ
Antonov An-22 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Antonov An-22

Avro Ashton (testbed) ⓘ
Avro Vulcan ⓘ
linked to: Vulcan bomber

BAC 223 (Concorde prototype) ⓘ
BAC One-Eleven (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: BAC 1-11

BAC TSR-2 (prototype) ⓘ
linked to: BAC TSR-2

Blackburn Buccaneer (testbed) ⓘ
Boeing 707 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Boeing 707

Boeing 737 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Boeing 737

Boeing 747 (testbed) ⓘ
Boeing 767 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Boeing 767

Boeing 777 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Boeing 777

Boeing B-29 Superfortress (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: B-29 Superfortress

Boeing B-47 Stratojet (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet

Bristol Britannia (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Bristol Britannia

Bristol Type 188 (testbed) ⓘ
Bristol Type 200 (project) ⓘ
Concorde ⓘ
Concorde production aircraft ⓘ
Concorde prototype 001 ⓘ
Concorde prototype 002 ⓘ
Convair B-36 Peacemaker (testbed) ⓘ
Convair B-58 Hustler (testbed) ⓘ
Dassault Mirage IV (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Dassault Mirage IV

Dassault Super Mystère (testbed) ⓘ
Douglas DC-8 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Douglas DC-8

English Electric Canberra (testbed) ⓘ
English Electric Lightning (testbed) ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Eurofighter Typhoon

Fairey Delta 2 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Fairey Delta 2

Fairey Gannet (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Fairey Gannet

Gloster Javelin (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Gloster Javelin

Handley Page HP.115 (testbed) ⓘ
Handley Page Victor (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Handley Page Victor

Hawker Hunter (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Hunter

Hawker Siddeley Trident (testbed) ⓘ
Ilyushin Il-62 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Ilyushin Il-62

Lockheed C-130 Hercules (testbed) ⓘ
Lockheed Constellation (testbed) ⓘ
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (testbed) ⓘ
Lockheed L-188 Electra (testbed) ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (testbed) ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (testbed) ⓘ
North American XB-70 Valkyrie (testbed) ⓘ
Panavia Tornado (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Panavia Tornado

SEPECAT Jaguar (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: SEPECAT Jaguar

Short Belfast (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Short Belfast

Sud Aviation Caravelle (testbed) ⓘ
Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle (project) ⓘ
Tupolev Tu-144 (testbed) ⓘ
Vickers VC10 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: RAF VC10

Vickers Valiant (testbed) ⓘ
Yakovlev Yak-42 (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: Yak-42

de Havilland Comet (testbed) ⓘ
linked to: de Havilland Comet

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Avro Vulcan → powerplant → Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet ⓘ
subject linked to: Vulcan bomber
Vulcan XH558 → poweredBy → Rolls-Royce Olympus engines ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
HMS Sheffield (D80) → propulsion → Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Bristol Siddeley → developedTechnology → Olympus two-spool turbojet ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Bristol Olympus → alsoKnownAs → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Bristol Olympus → relatedEngineFamily → Rolls-Royce Olympus family ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Rolls-Royce plc → notableProduct → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Metrovick F.2 → influenced → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Bristol Type 200 → intendedEngine → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
subject linked to: Bristol Type 200 (project)
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Lockheed Constellation (testbed) → testedEngine → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
English Electric Lightning (testbed) → propulsion → Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet (experimental installation) ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
English Electric Lightning (testbed) → notableEngineTested → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
English Electric Lightning (testbed) → relatedTo → Rolls-Royce Olympus development ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Blackburn Buccaneer (testbed) → powerplantTested → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Olympus 101 → partOfSeries → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Olympus 101 → productionVariantOf → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Olympus 201 → family → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Sud Aviation Caravelle (testbed) → primaryTestedEngine → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Olympus 104 → partOfEngineFamily → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Airbus A320 (testbed) → testEngine → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Olympus 200 → basedOn → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
Olympus 301 → developedFrom → Rolls-Royce Olympus ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet