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