In article ,
Guy Alcala wrote:
ANDREW ROBERT BREEN wrote:
have been the last centrifugal flow engine to power an aircraft in
combat - when did the Indian Sea Hawks go?

snip

Mid-'80s IIRC, but there were MiG-17/-17Fs (VK-1/1F, a Nene copy) )in
combat (Vietnam 1972, Oct. 73, plus probably smaller wars since that Vic
Flintham will no doubt list) after the Sea Hawks (Dec. 1971) last fired in
anger.

of course - the 17 used the Nene clone as well. I'd forgotten that.
For an engine that the Air Ministry thought was hopelessly outdated
in 194grumble, the Nene didn't do half badly..

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