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A museum cutaway Rolls-Royce
Dart 506.
The Rolls-Royce RB.53 Dart was a long-lived turboprop engine. First produced in the late 1940s, it powered the first Vickers Viscount maiden flight in 1948.It was still in production until the last F-27s and H.S 748's were produced in 1987.
Largely associated with the very successful Vickers Viscount medium range airliner it powered a number of other European and Japanese designs in the 1950s and 60s. The list includes:
Power output was around 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) in early versions, and close to twice that in later versions, such as those which powered the NAMC YS-11 airliner.
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