Applications
The Eagle was never fitted to a production front-line fighter, as it was overshadowed by a new wave of turbojet engines, such as the Rolls-Royce Derwent and turboprops such as the Dart and Armstrong Siddeley Python. 15 Eagle 22s were produced to power the prototypes of the Westland Wyvern fighter / torpedo bomber as its intended powerplant, the AS Python was late in development.
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