Nord Noratlas
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The Nord Noratlas is a dedicated military transport aircraft, developed and manufactured by French aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation.
A French Air Force Nord Noratlas in flight
Operational Nord 2501 of 1/61 squadron of the 61 Escadre de Transport of the French Air Force in 1969
Nord Aviation N 2501D Noratlas at the Technik Museum, Speyer, Germany
Noratlas of the Hellenic Air Force with serial 53-228 in 1979.
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 sl
Nord Noratlas
…the first prototype, powered by Gnome-Rhône 14R engines, did not impress, thus the design was revised as the Nord 2501, powered by the SNECMA-built Bristol Hercules 738/9 engines instead, which was found acceptable. Accordingly, the Noratlas was introduced to service by the Armée de l'Air on 6 December 1953. Following…
Cutaway Bristol Hercules engine at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland
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.