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The Rolls-Royce RB.53 Dart is a turboprop engine designed and manufactured by Rolls-Royce Limited. First run in 1946, it powered the Vickers Viscount on its maiden flight in 1948. A flight on July 29 of that year, which carried 14 paying passengers between Northolt and Paris–Le Bourget Airport in a Dart-powered Viscount, was the first ...
The Conroy Turbo-Three was a series of two Douglas DC-3s modified with turboprop engines by Conroy Aircraft. The first conversion first flew on May 13, 1969. Two Rolls-Royce Dart Mk. 510 engines from a crashed Vickers Viscount previously operated by United Airlines were used to replace the original Pratt & Whitney radial engines.
The AW.65 was redesigned to use four Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines, and thus was re-designated as the AW.650. On 8 January 1959, the first Argosy conducted the type's maiden flight . In December 1960, the type received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification , enabling the initial civil version, referred to as the Series ...
A U.S. Navy TC-4C Academe from VA-42 at NAS Oceana, 1989. G-159 Gulfstream I Twin-engined executive, corporate transport aircraft with accommodation for up to 14 passengers, powered by two 2,210-shp (1648-kW) Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.7/2 Mk 529-8X turboprop engines. 200 built.
First prototype, with short fuselage (74 ft 6 in (22.71 m), accommodating 32 passengers and powered by four 1,380 ehp (1,032 kW) Rolls-Royce Dart R.Da Mk 501 engines. [79] Type 663 Second prototype, testbed for Rolls-Royce Tay turbojet. [18] Type 640 Planned third prototype, to be powered by four Napier Naiad turboprops. Not built, with parts ...
This is a list of Rolls-Royce branded motor cars and includes vehicles manufactured by: Rolls-Royce Limited (1906–1973) Rolls-Royce Motors (1973–2003), which was created as a result of the demerger of Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973. Vickers plc owned Rolls-Royce Motors between 1980 and 1998.
The HS 748 was developed during the late 1950s as a move to re-orient the company towards the civil and export markets. Powered by the popular Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engine, it was specifically designed as a modern feederliner to act as a replacement for the aging Douglas DC-3s then in widespread service. Originally intended to seat a ...
Proposed version, powered by two Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.12 turboprop engines. Not built. DHC-5D Improved version, powered by two 2,336 kW (3,133 shp) General Electric CT64-820-4 turboprop engines. DHC-5E Transporter Civil transport version. NASA / DITC C-8A AWJSRA One C-8A aircraft converted into an augmentor wing research aircraft. XC8A ACLS