Fast Jets: The History of Reheat Development at Derby (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #5), 2001, 2001

Document Type: Book (Technical)

Purpose: Technical Reference.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Technical Series #5.

NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and it is intended that a series shall follow, produced by both organisations in the same format, thus building up an embracing library of true Rolls-Royce history."

Scope: Technical overview of reheat development between 1948-1971, based off the personal experience of the writer Cyril Elliott. Elliott was involved in Rolls-Royce engines from 1941-1982, finishing as the Chief Development Engineer.

Contents (from Table of Contents): 1. Introduction 2. Technical issues 3. Centrifugal compressor engines 4. Rolls-Royce Avon engines 5. Vertical take-off and landing 6. Bypass engines - Allison/Rolls-Royce 7. Rolls-Royce RB153-61 engine 8. Rolls-Royce Phantom Spey engine 9. Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour engine Appendix 1: Listing of production Rolls-Royce reheat engines and jet pipes Section A: Avon engine mark numbers Section B: Avon reheat jet pipe mark numbers Section C: Spey engine mark numbers Section D: Spey reheat jet pipe mark numbers Section E: Adour engine mark numbers Section F: Adour reheat jet pipe mark numbers Appendix 2: Summary of aircraft flown by Rolls-Royce on reheat development.