Object Details
Designer
De Havilland Engine Company, Ltd
Manufacturer
Sulzer AG. Winterthur (De Havilland)
Physical Description
Type: Turbojet
Thrust: 22,462 N (5,050 lb)
Compressor: Single-stage centrifugal
Combustor: 10 straight-through-flow chambers
Turbine: Single-stage axial
Weight: 962 kg (2,120 lb)
Summary
Shortly after, the de Havilland Engine Company was formed in early 1944, and with access to the original jet engine development of Sir Frank Whittle, planning led by Frank Halford began for a series of new turbine engine developments including the H.2 Ghost turbojet. The Ghost first ran on September 2, 1945. It followed and was more powerful than the Goblin, the first jet engine to pass the British military type approval tests.
The Ghost was the first turbojet engine approved in the Normal Category for civil transport operation by Great Britain's Air Registration Board. The Ghost 40 was the first pure jet engine to power a civil aircraft, the de Havilland D.H.106 Comet airliner.
This Ghost 48 Mk 1 was manufactured in 1956 under license by Gebr. Sulzer A.G. in Winterthur, Switzerland. It powered a de Havilland DH-112 Venom aircraft.
Credit Line
Exchange with the Swiss Air Force Museum
Date
1956
Inventory Number
A19890034000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
PROPULSION-Turbines (Jet)
Materials
Non-magnetic white metal
Ferrous Alloy
Paint
Unidentified coating
Rubber
Tape
Adhesive sticker
red plastic caps
Dimensions
3-D: 223.5 × 147.3 × 159.7cm, 961.6kg (7 ft. 4 in. × 4 ft. 10 in. × 5 ft. 2 7/8 in., 2120lb.)
Country of Origin
Switzerland
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19890034000