Bristol Taurus
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The Taurus is a British 14-cylinder two-row radial aircraft engine, produced by the Bristol Engine Company starting in 1936. The Taurus was developed by adding cylinders to the existing single-row Aqu
Preserved Bristol Taurus
Bristol Taurus powered Gloster F.9/37
Bristol Beaufort
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The Bristol Beaufort is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber.
Bristol Taurus
…low-altitude performance. The first Taurus engines were delivered just before World War II, and was used primarily in the Fairey Albacore and Bristol's Beaufort. In April 1940, a suggestion was made to replace the Taurus engines of the latter with the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp, which had a slightly larger…
Colour photo of two Beaufort Mk.Is of 217 Squadron
Beaufort first prototype L4441, at a display of new and prototype aircraft, RAF Northolt May 1939. Charles E Brown photograph.
A new late-production Beaufort Mk.II at the Filton factory. ASV yagi aerials are under the nose and wings and the new DF loop is fitted. Muzzles of additional Vickers GO are visible in the front upper nose.
Propaganda poster urging Australians to "bar the gates with Beauforts" against Japanese invasion.