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| Napier Gazelle at the Royal Air Force Museum London | |
| Type | Turboshaft aero engine |
| Manufacturer | D. Napier & Son |
| First run | December 1955 |
| Major applications | Westland Wessex Bristol/Westland Belvedere |
The Napier Gazelle is a turboshaft helicopter engine that was manufactured by D. Napier & Son in the mid-1950s. In 1961 production was nominally transferred to a joint venture with Rolls-Royce called Napier Aero Engines Limited.[1] But the venture closed two years later.[2]
These helicopter engines were used on the Westland Wessex HAS 1 and HAS 3 (other versions of the Wessex had two Rolls-Royce Gnome engines) and the Bristol Belvedere (later Westland Belvedere) transport helicopter.
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A preserved Napier Gazelle is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London. A preserved Napier Gazelle from a Westland Wessex helicopter is on display at the Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra, Australia. A Napier Gazelle is on display at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, Doncaster A further Napier Gazelle is displayed at the Solent Sky Museum, Southampton
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63 and Flightglobal archive.[4][5]
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