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Rolls-Royce Kestrel XVI

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1935, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1997/0106/E

In 1925, Rolls-Royce began designing a radically new 12-cylinder engine in which each of the two banks of six cylinders were formed from a single aluminium-alloy block. Named the Kestrel, the engine was fitted with hand-starting gear and could achieve up to 745 hp at 14500 ft. in later models.

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Handley Page Hampden TB Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-04 SEP 1942, In Storage, 1994/1340/A

An RAF crew were flying this Hampden, a torpedo bomber variant, to the Soviet Union to help protect Arctic convoys, when it was shot down by German fighters on 5 September 1942.

Handley Page Hampden, RAF Museum / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Rolls-Royce Derwent 8

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1950-1997, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1998/0054/E

Turbojet as fitted to several marks of the Gloster Meteor. Fully restored complete with jet pipe and displayed on stand.

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7000lb, Thermo-Nuclear, Yellow Sun, Practice, Inert

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1960-1965, Cosford, Hangar Four, 69/O/109

Yellow Sun was the first thermonuclear weapon developed for operational service in the United Kingdom. Yellow Sun Mk1 was essentially a boosted fission weapon with a yield of about 500Kt. Yellow Sun Mk2 had a larger yield of 1Mt. The name referred to the bomb's casing, which could contain various different warheads.

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Bomb Trolley for Yellow Sun Nuclear Weapon

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1960-1965, Cosford, Hangar Four, 69/O/110

Large light blue painted four wheeled movement trolley for Yellow Sun Thermo-nuclear bomb.

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British Aerospace Harrier GR9A

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1990-DEC 2010, London, Hangar Six, X005-5972

The Harrier GR9A resulted from a collaborative partnership between McDonnell Douglas and British Aerospace to produce a second-generation Harrier based on the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B.

White jet engine with red and white emblem on its tail, © RAF Museum