Bristol Hercules
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The Bristol Hercules is a 14-cylinder two-row radial aircraft engine designed by Sir Roy Fedden and produced by the Bristol Engine Company starting in 1939. It was the most numerous of their single sleeve valve designs, powering many aircraft in the mid-World War II timeframe.
Hercules fitted to a Vickers Varsity on display at the Newark Air Museum
Bristol Hercules in Aviation Museum Kbely, Prague
Bristol Hercules engine. Note the absence of pushrods on the cylinders. Each cylinder has two exhaust ports on the front (short L-shaped tubes) and three intake ports on the back supplied through a single manifold.
Bristol Freighter
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The Bristol Type 170 Freighter is a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as both a freighter and airliner. Its best known use was as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively short distances. A passenger-only version was also produced, known as the Wayfarer.
Bristol Freighter 31M in Norcanair markings at the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2007
Bristol Freighter operated by Aer Lingus being loaded through the clamshell nose doors in 1952
Silver City Airways Freighter 32 loading a car for Cherbourg at Southampton in September 1954