...passing to Rolls-Royce. Four Olympus 101s became the powerplants for the Avro...aircraft in the early 1960s. The Olympus was also used extensively as a...while an afterburning version, the Olympus 593, powered Concorde. 24 Moment...

...much greater level of heat resistance than that of the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde's R-R Olympus 593 turbojet. "The inlet temperature for the Olympus is only around 1,200°C, compared to a projected 1,600°C for any new engine. The...

...support costs. British Airways is working with prognostics, or "case-based reasoning", for the Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines which power its Aerospatiale/BAC Concordes, while MTU Munich has developed predictive routines for the control...