Aeroplane engine, used in Vickers Viscount airliner

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This 'Dart 506' aero engine was made in 1953 by Rolls Royce Ltd. It was used to power the transport Vickers Viscount airliner, Britain's most successful post-war passenger aircraft. The Dart was the world's first turboprop engine to enter service mounted in commercial aircraft, and was one of the most successful.

The 12-cylinder, 490-horsepower engine is marked 'ROLLS ROYCE LTD, ENGINE DART 506 SERIAL NO 1166, MAX RATING AT I.C.A.N. SEA LEVEL'. It has attached from a Vickers Viscount four-engined airliner, the forward cowling and four-bladed propeller.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-372-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1983.62
• Date: 1953
  
• Material: Inscription: ROLLS ROYCE LTD, ENGINE DART 506 SERIAL NO 1166, MAX RATING AT I.C.A.N. SEA LEVEL ----
  Aero-engine
  
• Dimensions: 2.55 m x 1.00 m x 1.00 m
  
• What: Aero-engine
  
• Subject: 1. AERONAUTICS, Jet engines and turboprops (Departmental Classification)
  
• Who: Rolls-Royce Ltd (Maker)
  Vickers (Maker of the airliner powered by the engine)
  
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• Description: 'Dart 506' single-shaft turboprop aero-engine, by Rolls-Royce Ltd, 1953 and used to power Vickers Viscount airliner
  
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