Vickers Warwick
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The Vickers Warwick was a British twin-engined bomber aircraft developed and operated during the Second World War that was primarily used in other roles. In line with the naming convention followed by
Warwick B/ASR Mk.I
Cabin of passenger transport variant
Warwick rear fuselage showing duralumin geodetic construction.
Airborne lifeboat in front of a Warwick with D-Day identification stripes
The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a nominal displacement of 2,800 cu in, and is part of the long-lived Wasp family of
Vickers Warwick
…XX or Bristol Hercules HE7SM engines but after some study, the idea was discarded as it reduced range and payload. Another proposal used the American Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp radial engine. Performance projections showed similar performance to the Hercules III-powered Wellington but with a significantly greater payload and…
A preserved R-2800 engine at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Cutaway of a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp
The first prototype F4U Corsair, the earliest aircraft specifically designed to use the Double Wasp
A preserved "B Series" R-2800-21 or -59. The A and B series can be most readily identified by their smooth, single-piece nose casings. This photo shows the simplified tubular ignition harness fitted to some R-2800 subtypes.