The Armstrong Siddeley Screamer was a British rocket engine intended to power the
Avro 720
The Avro 720 was an in-development British single-seat interceptor of the 1950s. It was designed and being developed by Avro in competition with the Saunders-Roe-built SR.53. While at least one prototype was partially-constructed, the order fo ...
manned interceptor aircraft (
Avro
AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broa ...
's competitor to the
Saunders-Roe SR.53 for a rocket-powered interceptor). Thrust was variable, up to a maximum of .
Design and development
Work on the Screamer started in 1946, with the first static test at Armstrong Siddeley's rocket plant at
Ansty in March 1954.
The programme was cancelled, as was the Avro 720, before flight testing.
In 1951, a
Gloster Meteor
The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies of World War II, Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turb ...
F.8 was experimentally fitted with a Screamer mounted below the fuselage.
The Screamer project was cancelled in March 1956, at a reported total cost of £650,000.
Engines on display
* A preserved Screamer is part of the engine collection on display at the
Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust is an organisation that was founded in 1981 to preserve the history of Rolls-Royce Limited, Rolls-Royce Holdings and all merged or acquired companies. Five volunteer led branches exist, three in England, one in Sco ...
in Derby.
Specifications
See also
References
External links
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Aircraft rocket engines
Armstrong Siddeley rocket engines