| Tyne | |
|---|---|
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| Rolls-Royce Tyne installed in a Luftwaffe C-160 | |
| Type | Turboprop |
| Manufacturer | Rolls-Royce Limited |
| First run | April 1955 |
| Major applications | Breguet Atlantic Canadair CL-44 Transall C-160 Vickers Vanguard |
The Rolls-Royce RB.109 Tyne is a twin-shaft turboprop engine developed in the mid to late 1950s by Rolls-Royce Limited to a requirement for the Vickers Vanguard airliner. It was first test flown during 1956 in the nose of a modified Avro Lincoln.[1] Following company naming convention for gas turbine engines this turboprop design was named after the River Tyne.
- ^ Jackson 1990, p. 414