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Aviation History
1954
1954 - 0871.PDF
Flight, 2 April 1954 SAPPHIRE has been cnosen for *r >t -fa The Sapphire is manu factured under licence by the Wright Aero nautical Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in the U.S.A., where it is known as the Wright J.65. This painting by Roy Nockolds, the first of a series of abstract designs specially commissioned by Armstrong Siddeiey, gives something of the feeling of the immense thrust developed by the Sapphire turbojet propelling a Inditing aircraft to its operational height in a matter "I minutes . . . an essential requirement for the modern i > lilt tar)' aeroplane. The vital strategic importance of the Sapphire is emphasized by the fact that it is chosen to power the following aircraft, for the air forces of the N.A.T.O. powers . . . THE HAWKER HUNTER F.2 fighter THE GLOSTER JAVELIN all-weather fighter k THE REPUBLIC F.84F (Thunderstreak) fighter THE HANDLEY PAGE VICTOR crescent-wing bomber k THE MARTIN B57 Canberra) bomber ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY J/Of
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