Bristol radial engine family

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aircraft piston engine family radial engine

The Bristol radial engine family is a series of influential air-cooled aircraft engines developed in the early 20th century that powered many British and international military and civilian aircraft.

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Bristol sleeve-valve radial engines	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft piston engine family ⓘ radial engine ⓘ
application	bombers ⓘ fighters ⓘ trainers ⓘ transports ⓘ
configuration	multi-row radial ⓘ single-row radial ⓘ
coolingMethod	air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
developedBy	Roy Fedden NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
eraOfUse	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ early Cold War ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
fuelType	avgas ⓘ
influenced	World War II aircraft propulsion ⓘ aircraft engine design in the interwar period ⓘ
manufacturer	Bristol Aeroplane Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSeriesMember	Bristol Centaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ
powered	Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (selected variants with Pegasus) NERFINISHED ⓘ Avro Anson (selected variants with Cheetah or other engines; some with Bristol radials in tests or export) ⓘ Bristol Beaufighter NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Beaufort NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Blenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Bombay NERFINISHED ⓘ Fairey Swordfish (selected variants with Pegasus) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fokker F.VII (selected variants with Jupiter) NERFINISHED ⓘ Handley Page Hampden (selected variants) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawker Sea Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawker Tempest II NERFINISHED ⓘ Junkers Ju 52 (license-built Jupiter variants) NERFINISHED ⓘ PZL P.11 (with license-built Mercury) NERFINISHED ⓘ Short Stirling (selected variants) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Vincent (with Pegasus) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Wellesley (with Pegasus) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Wellington (selected variants) NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	historical engine family no longer in production ⓘ
technology	sleeve-valve (in later types such as Hercules and Centaurus) ⓘ supercharged variants ⓘ
usedIn	British aircraft ⓘ civil aircraft ⓘ international aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ

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Roy Fedden → notableWork → Bristol radial engine family ⓘ

Bristol Centaurus → family → Bristol radial engine family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol sleeve-valve radial engines