RAF Museum

Here are another couple of images from the recent trip to the RAF Museum along with some of the text at the display. The Rolls Royce Avon Mk203 Turbojet:

"After a major re-design in 1950 a new and very different Avon emerged which led to the 200 series, including the RA.28 Avon Mk203 shown here. This particular engine type was used in the Hunter F6, later Valiants and Canberra PR9 as well as the World speed record-breaking Fairey FD2. However, Avon production was not confined to aircraft use: the industrial and marine division of Rolls Royce successfully developed the engine for electricity generation, gas and oil pumping. More have been sold for these uses than any other gas turbine."

"In 1983 an Avon aero-engine was fitted into a specially designed car for an attempt on the World land seed record. On 4 October 1983 the car, Thrust 2, was driven by Richard Noble to a new record of 633.468mph at Blackrock in the United States."