Bristol Centaurus
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The Centaurus was the final development of the Bristol Engine Company's series of sleeve-valve radial aircraft engines. The Centaurus was an 18-cylinder, two-row design that eventually delivered over
Bristol Centaurus on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum
Sectioned cylinder showing sleeve valve
Bristol Centaurus powered Fairey Spearfish
A Centaurus with cylinders removed exposing the sleeve valves.
Bristol Brabazon
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The Bristol Type 167 Brabazon was a large British piston-engined propeller-driven airliner designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company to fly transatlantic routes between the UK and the United States. T
Bristol Centaurus
…Sea Fury, Blackburn Firebrand and Beverley. The engine also entered postwar civil service in the Airspeed Ambassador airliner and was used in the Bristol Brabazon I Mark 1 prototype until the Brabazon trans-Atlantic airliner programme was cancelled. The eight Centaurus engines were to be replaced with eight Bristol…
Brabazon in 1950
Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW takes off on its maiden flight on 4 September 1949 at Filton Aerodrome
Brabazon model
Bristol Brabazon main undercarriage wheels.