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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 1854.PDF
FLIGHT, 14 September 1951 FOUR NEW TIME - TO - ALTITUDE RECORDS CREATED BY ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY SAPPHIRE Jet Engines 3,000 metres (9,842.5 ft) 6,000 metres (19,685 ft) — 9,000 metres (29,527.5 ft) - 12,000 metres (39,370 ft) — — I min 16 sees I min 50 sees - 2 min IS sees 3 min 7 sees (Subject to official confirmation) •^ The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire is the most powerful jet engine in the world. It is to be produced both in the United States of America and in Great Britain in large quantities for the latest types of military air- craft. The Gloster Meteor aircraft with which the records were estab- lished on 31st August, 1951 is another product of the Hawker Siddeley Group. The installation of the two Sapphire engines was carried out by the Aircraft Division of Air Service Training Ltd., a third member of the group. ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY MOTORS LTD, COVENTRY Member of the Hawker Siddeley Group
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