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Metrovick F.2/1

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1944, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/E/09

Turbojet engine on metal stand.

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de Havilland Goblin 2

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1950, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1987/0262/E

The Goblin engine, designed by Frank Halford, and the first jet engine to be produced by de Havilland. Goblins equipped some variants of the Gloster Meteor as well as the de Havilland Vampire.

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de Havilland Ghost 50

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1955, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1987/0263/E

The Ghost was the second jet engine to be produced by de Haviland, and was a scaled up version of the earlier Goblin. Ghosts equipped aircraft types including the de Havilland Vampire and Comet.

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Engine sense: Some thoughts for pilots at the AFU

Library, In Storage, 002841

1st Proof copy of Air Ministry Pamphlet 136 ‘Engine sense: Some thoughts for pilots at the A.F.U.’ (A.M.T. 2). Issued by the Department of the Air Member for Training, Air Ministry July 1942

Cream page with black text stamped Rough Proof and routing stamp. With brown border on three sides, Royal Air Force Museum

AID engine inspection and acceptance test record sheet for 80 hp Renault engine, vee type, 24 May 1916

Archives, In Storage, DC73/25/1

This form produced by the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate (AID) (AID Form 31B) was used to record the results of tests carried out on an engine in order to demonstrate whether it was suitable for operational use.

AID engine inspection and acceptance test record sheet for 80 hp Renault engine, vee type, 24 May 1916, RAFM

Rolls-Royce Viper 202

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X001-2108

Axial-flow turbojet engine, sectioned along its full length, mounted on four wheeled metal stand.

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Fired Out Engines by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1794

From the Air Ministry allocation of works from the War Artists' Advisory Committee, 1947. Original accession number: LD1989.

Fired Out Engines by Roland Vivian Pitchforth, watercolour on paper, 1942-43, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Recording of an interview with Air Commodore John Oliver, 29 April 1982

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/31

Interview with Air Commodore John Oliver, who served as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and RAF during the First World War.

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