Turbomeca Palas

The Turbomeca Palas is a diminutive centrifugal flow turbojet engine used to power light aircraft. An enlargement of the Turbomeca Piméné, the Palas was designed in 1950 by the French manufacturer Société Turbomeca, and was also produced under licence by Blackburn and General Aircraft in the United Kingdom and Teledyne Continental Motors in the United States as the Continental Model 320.

Applications

 * Caproni Trento F.5
 * Curtiss C-46 Commando (two under the fuselage, first flight in October 1952)
 * Curtiss C-46F Commando (two under the wings)
 * CVV-6 Canguro Palas
 * Douglas DC-3 (as a booster engine)
 * Fouga CM-8 R9.8 Cyclope
 * Fouga CM-8 R8.3 Midget
 * Fouga CM.130
 * Ikarus 451
 * Ikarus S451M
 * Ikarus 452M
 * Mantelli AM-12
 * Miles Sparrowjet
 * Payen Pa 49
 * Short SB.4 Sherpa
 * SIPA S.200 Minijet
 * SIPA S.300
 * Somers-Kendall SK-1
 * Sud-Ouest Bretagne