Oldest Gas-turbine (design) still in commercial Ops?
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Oldest Gas-turbine (design) still in commercial Ops?
Am I correct in thinking that the Rolls Royce Dart in the F27 + HS748 is the oldest gas turbine engine design still flying in commercial operations?
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Not only is it the oldest, it also was the first successful civil gas turbine engine.
An extremely reliable design, quite typical of RollsRoyce.
RollsRoyce turbine engines....don't leave home without one or two/three/four
An extremely reliable design, quite typical of RollsRoyce.
RollsRoyce turbine engines....don't leave home without one or two/three/four
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Try "History and Nostalgia"................might get some old krinkly who'll come up with a Welland in commercial use somewhere as an oil-pump motor ! (Or to keep the frost off the grape-vines in California)
Disregard above............Sorry - didn't see the word "flying"
Disregard above............Sorry - didn't see the word "flying"
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The earliest record relating to the design and development of the Dart Turboprop is a technical drawing dated April 4 1945, before the hostilities of World War Two had ended, and the dust had settled, which was a very positive attitude for Rolls-Royce to take at that time.
Although the initial proposal for this engine originated at Barnoldswick, near Burnley in Lancashire, Ernest W Hives a director of Rolls-Royce decided that the project should be mainly based at Derby. Lord Hives became Managing Director in 1946 and Chairman in 1950 as Lord Hives of Duffield and retired in January 1957, having seen the Viscount enter service and the Dart become the most significant turboprop engine of its time and arguably of all time.
Initial detail drawings were issued to the production department on November 1 1945 and the final build of the RB.53 prototype as it was originally designated was completed on July 10 1946 resulting in an incredibly short manufacture and build time for such a revolutionary engine. The RB designation stood for R-R Barnoldswick.
Although the initial proposal for this engine originated at Barnoldswick, near Burnley in Lancashire, Ernest W Hives a director of Rolls-Royce decided that the project should be mainly based at Derby. Lord Hives became Managing Director in 1946 and Chairman in 1950 as Lord Hives of Duffield and retired in January 1957, having seen the Viscount enter service and the Dart become the most significant turboprop engine of its time and arguably of all time.
Initial detail drawings were issued to the production department on November 1 1945 and the final build of the RB.53 prototype as it was originally designated was completed on July 10 1946 resulting in an incredibly short manufacture and build time for such a revolutionary engine. The RB designation stood for R-R Barnoldswick.
