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Armstrong Siddeley Python

The Python was developed from the  ASX  axial-flow turbo-jet which first ran in April 1943 and was producing 2800 lb thrust by 1944. With the addition of a propeller gearbox the engine produced 3600 shp plus 1100 lb thrust and was known as the  ASP. Renamed the Python it entered service as the power plant for  the  Westland  Wyvern  S4  turbo-prop fighter.