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With jets you have to consider that axial engines with their multiple compressor stages were more vulnerable than the single stage centrifugal type. Also there were two types of centrifugal in use in WWII,the single-sided with direct air inlets, and the double-sided. The double-sided were...

From 1949. Anyone got more information on this? Steven

Meteor: First jet with pressurised cockpit First jet to be flown with four distinct kinds of engines within the space of 2 years. Axial flow jet - Metro-Vick 1943 (9 axial, 2 turbine, cannular combustor) Single sided centrifugal jet - 1943 DH Goblin Double sided centrifugals -...

I came across a picture of a de Havilland Vampire fitted with an afterburner in William's book on the Vampire, dated 1949. Was the Goblin afterburner developed or used in WW2, or was this just a post-war addition? Steven