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This object is on display in Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
United Kingdom
PROPULSION-Components (Engine Parts)
Rolls-Royce Ltd. (Derby, U.K.)
Centrifugal-flow compressor from Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engine; 20 compressor blades; chromed; for display use; mounted on wooden stands.
46 cm (18 in.) diameter, 37 cm (14-3/4 in.) length;
HAZMAT: Cadmium Plating
A19731241000
Gift of Rotol Corporation
National Air and Space Museum
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