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Aviation History
1960
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32 FLIGHT 4 NOVEMBER I960 Britain's new deterrent system relies on two high-performance vehicles... BRISTOL SIDDELEY Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited produce the powerplante for two vehicles which make up the most advanced weapon system within Britain's strategic deterrent force—the Avro Blue Steel "stand-off" bomb and its carrier aircraft, the Avro Vulcan V-bomber. The Bristol Siddeley Stentor liquid propellent rocket en- gine powers Blue Steel. The Stentor is a high-thrust engine •which burns kerosene and hydrogen peroxide. Its exceptional performance enables Blue Steel to be released from the carrier aircraft well outside the enemy's defence zone. Blue Steel, which can be more accurately described as an air-to- ground missile, then continues under its own power and seeks out the target with great accuracy while the carrier air- craft returns to base. The Bristol Siddeley Olympus turbojet, Britain's most powerful military aero-engine, powers the Avro Vulcan, and gives this delta-winged carrier of Blue Steel sonic capability, great range, high altitude. BRISTOL SIDDELEY ENGINES LIMITED POWER FOR THIS Bristol Siddeley Maybach diesel engines power the British Railways "Bristolian". The Bristol Siddeley Marine Pro-teus powers the "Brave" class 96 ft. Royal Navy patrol boats. The Bristol Siddeley rndustrialProteus gas turbine engine powers a 3-megawatt turbo-generator.
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