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| Fate | Bought. |
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| Successor | Rolls-Royce Limited |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Defunct | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Filton, Bristol, UK |
| Industry | Aerospace, Engineering |
| Products | Aircraft engines |
Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd (BSEL) was a British aero engine manufacturer between 1959 and 1966.
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History
The company was formed in 1959 from the merger of Bristol Aero-Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors.
In 1961 Bristol Siddeley acquired the de Havilland Engine Company and Blackburn Engines. The aircraft side of Blackburn became part of Hawker Siddeley. Bristol Siddeley was bought by Rolls-Royce Limited (now Rolls-Royce plc) in 1966 for £63.6 million in order to prevent competition from a planned collaboration between BSEL, Pratt & Whitney and Snecma.[1]
Engines
Its Filton factory in North Bristol produced many high performance military aeroplane engines including the Olympus two spool turbojet (from which the engine for Concorde was developed), the Orpheus turbojet for the Folland Gnat light fighter/trainer aircraft, the Pegasus vectored thrust turbofan for the Hawker Siddeley P.1127/Kestrel VSTOL fighter, the Proteus turboprop for the Bristol Britannia airliner and the Viper turbojet for the BAe 125. Bristol Siddeley had under development another vectored thrust turbofan, the "plenum chamber burner" (similar to an afterburner) equipped BS100, which was intended for the supersonic Hawker Siddeley P.1154 VSTOL fighter, but the project was cancelled in 1965.
Personnel
THE new company—Bristol Siddeley Engines, Ltd.—formed jointly by Bristol Aero-Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors has now appointed a company secretary and opened a London headquarters. The secretary is Sir Mark Norman, Bt., who will be responsible to the Board, under the chairmanship of Sir Arnold Hall, for detail administration and coordination. The address of the new office is Ormonde House, 26-27, St. James's Street, London, S.W.I. Sir Mark Norman, who is 31 years of age, joined the sales department of Bristol Aircraft in June 1956. Educated at Winchester, he joined the Coldstream Guards in 1944 and served for two years in the Middle East before his demobilization in 1947. He then went to Airwork, Ltd., and, after general training in various departments, became assistant to the commercial manager and then assistant general manager (outstations) and inspector of routes. Since learning to fly ten years ago he has logged some 1,100 hours in many parts of the world and for four years was a member of No. 601 (County of London) Sqn., R.Aux.A.F. He is the eldest son of the late A. Cdre. Sir Nigel Norman, Bt., a famous figure in British civil flying during the inter-war years.[2]
nb Mark Norman is brother to Desmond Norman and Tarquil Norman
See also
Related lists
References
Notes
- ^ Gunston 1989, pp.37-38.
- ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958-1-%20-%200020.html
Bibliography
- Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9
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