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1964
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396 a/GHr International, 3 September 1964 y. . ~~* e, t/ie Medway by-pass turbojet (turbofan), which will power the Hawker Siddeley 681 V/STOL tactical transport for the RAF. Initially rated at 17,3OOIb thrust, the Medway will be fitted with a switch-in jet deflector and with bleed pipes for blowing the aircraft flaps and control surfaces BRITAIN'S AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY 1964 . . . Left, the Hawker Siddefey Andover C.I military tactical transport is equipped with the most powerful type of Rolls- Royce Dart turboprop, the 3,245 e.h.p. RDa.12, driving a 14ft 6in Dowty-Rotol propeller. A slightly less powerful civil version of this engine powers the Japanese YS-II airliner, and may re-engine many Convair 340s and 440s Relow, the new Rolls-Royce/MAN R&.I53 turbofan, developed for supersonic military aircraft. The example shown has a switch-in thrust deflector for V/STOL, and a reheat jetpipe to boost the thrust from some 7,000 to 11.0001b
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