Power Jets W.2

W.2
Power Jets W.2/700 on display at the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (rear view).
Type Turbojet
Manufacturer Rover Car Company
First run c.1941
Major applications Gloster E.28/39
Gloster F.9/40
Developed from Power Jets W.1
Developed into General Electric I-A
Rolls-Royce Welland (W.2B-Rover B.23)
Rolls-Royce Derwent (W.2B/500-Rover B.26)

The Power Jets W.2 was a British turbojet engine designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets (Research and Development) Ltd. Like the earlier Power Jets W.1, the reverse-flow combustion configuration included a double-sided centrifugal compressor, 10 combustion chambers and an axial-flow turbine with air-cooled disc. It entered production as the Rolls-Royce Welland and was the first UK jet engine to power operational aircraft, the Gloster Meteor.

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