| Tay/Verdon | |
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| A Hispano-Suiza Verdon which powered the Dassault Mystere IV, displayed at the Ailes Anciennes Toulouse. | |
| Type | Turbojet |
| Manufacturer | Rolls-Royce Limited |
| Major applications | Dassault Mystère IV |
| Developed from | Rolls-Royce Nene |
| Variants | Pratt & Whitney J48 |
The Rolls-Royce RB.44 Tay is a British turbojet engine of the 1940s, an enlarged version of the Rolls-Royce Nene designed at the request of Pratt & Whitney.[1] It saw no use by British production aircraft but the design was licence built by Pratt & Whitney as the J48, and by Hispano-Suiza as the Verdon.[2]
Two early production examples of the Tay were evaluated during 1950 by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire, in a specially modified Vickers Viscount.