ONLY six weeks after its initial run the Olympus 593 B engine for the Concorde attained 33,000 lb. thrust without reheat, e highest figure achieved for a European turbo-t. This news came just after the third anniversary the Anglo-French Treaty of Collaboration gned in November 1962. For Bristol Siddeley d S.N.E.C.M.A., the British and French partners the Concorde engine programme, the three ears have been a period of considerable activity. When Concorde was first projected, the engine oposed was a developed version of the military lympus 320 for the TSR-2, modified for civil peration. Like the earlier series of military lympus engines, the 320 was a two-spool engine, ach compressor driven by a separate turbine, ith a cannular combustion chamber.
Olympus 593 B for the Concorde
A review of the powerplant development for the Anglo-French SST
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 38 , 3 ; 16-17
1966-03-01
2 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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