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.
Hawker Tempest
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The Hawker Tempest is a British fighter aircraft that was primarily used in its Mk.V form by the Royal Air Force in the later stages of the Second World War. The Tempest, originally known as the Typho
Bristol Centaurus
…service until near the end of the war, first appearing on the Vickers Warwick. Other wartime and postwar uses included the Bristol Brigand, Buckmaster, Hawker Tempest, Sea Fury, Blackburn Firebrand and Beverley. The engine also entered postwar civil service in the Airspeed Ambassador airliner and was used in the…
A Tempest V, NV696, during a test flight, November 1944
Painting of two Tempest aircraft attacking a V-1 flying bomb in the sky above an Oasthouse.
Tempest I prototype HM599 with later bubble canopy; when first flown, it had the "car-door" canopy and small tail unit.
First prototype Tempest Mk. II LA602, again with the small tail unit.