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Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour
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The Adour jet engine is a two-shaft turbofan developed by Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca, a joint subsidiary of Rolls-Royce (UK) and Turbomeca (France).
The Adour was developed to power the Anglo French SEPECAT Jaguar being a fan with reheat.
More than 2,800 Adours have been produced, for 19 different armed forces. Total flying hours are over 7 million.
Reheated
- Adour Mk 101
- Adour Mk 102 - Redsigned reheat system
- Adour Mk 104
- Adour Mk 106 - a replacement for the Jaguar's Mk104 engine, developed from the Adour 871, with a reheat section. The RAF refitted its fleet with this engine as part of the GR3 upgrade. The Adour 106 will go out of service when the last 16 Jaguars, currently located at RAF Coningsby, are retired in October 2007
- Adour Mk 804
- Adour Mk 811
Dry
- Adour Mk 151
- Adour Mk 151A - Used by the Red Arrows, includes modified jetpipe for smoke
- Adour Mk 161
- Adour Mk 861
- Adour Mk 871
- Adour Mk 951 - Designed for the latest versions of the BAE Hawk, with improved performance on the 871, with up to twice the service life. The Adour 951 is a more fundamental redesign than the Adour Mk106, featuring an all-new fan and combustor and revised HP and LP turbines. The recent export successes of the Hawk in South Africa and India are driving the project.
- SEPECAT Jaguar
- BAE Hawk
- Royal Air Force, as trainer and in Red Arrows display team
- Australia
- Canadian Forces
- Indonesian Air Force
- Royal Saudi Air Force
- South Africa
- South Korea
- others
- T-45 Goshawk
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