Gnome-Rhône Mistral Major
The Gnome-Rhône 14K Mistral Major was a 14-cylinder, two-row, air-cooled radial engine. It was Gnome-Rhône's major aircraft engine prior to World War II, and matured into a highly sought-after design that would see licensed production throughout Europe and Japan. Thousands of Mistral Major engines were produced, used on a wide variety of aircraft.
Gnome-Rhône Mistral Major
A Piaggio P.XI engine at the Malmohus Technical Museum, Malmo, Sweden.
A Tumansky M-85 at the Aviation Museum of Central Finland.
Walter Mistral Major.
Gnome et Rhône was a major French aircraft engine manufacturer. Between 1914 and 1918 they produced 25,000 of their 9-cylinder Delta and Le Rhône 110 hp (81 kW) rotary designs, while another 75,000 were produced by various licensees. These engines powered the majority of aircraft in the first half of the war, both Allied designs as well as German examples produced by Motorenfabrik Oberursel.
Gnome et Rhône
160 hp Gnome 9N Monosoupape of 1917
80 hp Le Rhône 9C rotary engine
Bond of the Société des Moteurs Gnome et Rhône, issued 1. July 1924