Bristol Siddeley 1209603 223664244 2008-07-05T04:09:13Z Sardanaphalus 427947 updating link using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Company |name = Bristol Siddeley |logo = [[Image:Bristol Siddeley logo.png]] |type = [[private company limited by shares|Limited company]] |foundation = 1959 |location_city = [[Bristol]] |location_country = [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] |location = <!--modifies "Headquarters" entry--> |locations = <!--# of locations--> |key_people = |area_served = |industry = aero-engine |products = |services = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |num_employees = |parent = |divisions = |subsid = |slogan = |homepage = |dissolved = 1966 |footnotes = |intl = yes }} '''Bristol Siddeley''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] aero-engine manufacturer formed in 1959 from the merger of [[Bristol Aeroplane Company|Bristol Aero Engines]] and [[Armstrong Siddeley|Armstrong Siddeley Motors]]. In 1961 Bristol Siddeley acquired [[de Havilland]] Engines and [[Blackburn Aviation|Blackburn]] Engines. The aircraft side of Blackburn became part of [[Hawker Siddeley]]. Bristol Siddeley was taken over by [[Rolls-Royce Limited]] in 1966 (now [[Rolls-Royce plc]]). ==Engines== Its [[Filton]] factory in North [[Bristol]] produced many high performance military aeroplane engines including the [[Rolls Royce Olympus|Olympus]] two spool turbojet (from which the engine for [[Concorde]] was developed), the [[Bristol Orpheus|Orpheus]] turbojet for the [[Folland Gnat]] light fighter/trainer aircraft, the [[Rolls-Royce Pegasus|Pegasus]] vectored thrust turbofan for the [[Hawker P.1127]]/Kestrel [[VSTOL]] fighter, the [[Bristol Proteus|Proteus]] turboprop for the [[Bristol Britannia]] airliner and the [[Armstrong Siddeley Viper|Viper]] turbojet for the [[BAe 125]]. Bristol Siddeley had under development another vectored thrust turbofan, the "plenum chamber burner" (similar to an afterburner) equipped [[Bristol Siddeley BS100|BS100]], which was intended for the supersonic [[P1154]] VSTOL fighter, but the project was cancelled in 1965. {{aero-company-stub}} {{UK-company-stub}} {{BristolAeroengines}} {{Aviation lists}} [[Category:Aircraft engine manufacturers of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Defunct companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Companies established in 1959]] [[de:Bristol Siddeley]] [[nl:Bristol Siddeley]]