Difference between revisions of "British Leyland Gas Turbines"
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The company concentrated on exploring the use of gas turbines in heavy trucks. | The company concentrated on exploring the use of gas turbines in heavy trucks. | ||
1968 Announced a 350/400 hp 6-wheeled heavy lorry powered by a gas turbine. It was intended that it should go into production in 1970. The gas turbine weighed half of that of an equivalent diesel engine<ref>The Times | 1968 Announced a 350/400 hp 6-wheeled heavy lorry powered by a gas turbine. It was intended that it should go into production in 1970. The gas turbine weighed half of that of an equivalent diesel engine<ref>The Times, Sep 18, 1968</ref> | ||
1968 Launch of the T.J.125 turbo-jet engine <ref>The Engineer 1968/03/09 p251</ref> | |||
1969 Exhibited the gas turbine powered-lorry | |||
1971 Dr [[Noel Penny]] resigned as chief executive; he still believed there was a future for gas turbines in cars<ref>The Times, Jun 28, 1971</ref>. Dr Noel Penny left to set up his own company making gas turbines<ref> The Times, Mar 15, 1972</ref> | 1971 Dr [[Noel Penny]] resigned as chief executive; he still believed there was a future for gas turbines in cars<ref>The Times, Jun 28, 1971</ref>. Dr Noel Penny left to set up his own company making gas turbines<ref> The Times, Mar 15, 1972</ref> | ||
1974 The schedule for bringing the gas-turbine powered truck into production was slowed down<ref> The Times Feb 14, 1974</ref> because of the need to develop a version of the engine operating at higher temperature, which would need new materials<ref>The Times, Feb 15, 1974</ref><ref>The Engineer 1974/02/07</ref> | 1974 The schedule for bringing the gas-turbine powered truck into production was slowed down<ref> The Times Feb 14, 1974</ref> because of the need to develop a version of the engine operating at higher temperature, which would need new materials<ref>The Times, Feb 15, 1974</ref><ref>The Engineer 1974/02/07</ref> | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 5 February 2018
of Solihull
Part of the Truck and Bus division of British Leyland Motor Corporation
1967 Company formed from the Rover Gas Turbines company when Rover became part of the Leyland Group
The company concentrated on exploring the use of gas turbines in heavy trucks.
1968 Announced a 350/400 hp 6-wheeled heavy lorry powered by a gas turbine. It was intended that it should go into production in 1970. The gas turbine weighed half of that of an equivalent diesel engine[1]
1968 Launch of the T.J.125 turbo-jet engine [2]
1969 Exhibited the gas turbine powered-lorry
1971 Dr Noel Penny resigned as chief executive; he still believed there was a future for gas turbines in cars[3]. Dr Noel Penny left to set up his own company making gas turbines[4]
1974 The schedule for bringing the gas-turbine powered truck into production was slowed down[5] because of the need to develop a version of the engine operating at higher temperature, which would need new materials[6][7]