Pratt & Whitney Wasp series

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The Pratt & Whitney Wasp series is a line of American air-cooled radial aircraft engines widely used in military and civilian aircraft from the interwar period through World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine family
radial aircraft engine series
application multi‑engine aircraft
single‑engine aircraft
coolingMethod air-cooled
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developedIn 1920s
engineConfiguration radial engine
era piston engine era
fuelType aviation gasoline
legacy widely used and influential radial engines
manufacturer Pratt & Whitney NERFINISHED
notableUser United States Army Air Corps NERFINISHED
United States Navy NERFINISHED
commercial airlines
notableVariant Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp NERFINISHED
Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior NERFINISHED
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp NERFINISHED
Pratt & Whitney R-2180 Twin Wasp E NERFINISHED
Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior NERFINISHED
powerplantType reciprocating internal combustion engine
status out of production
successor Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp series NERFINISHED
Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major series NERFINISHED
technology supercharged variants
usedDuring World War II
interwar period
usedFor fighter aircraft
patrol aircraft
training aircraft
transport aircraft
usedIn civilian aircraft
military aircraft

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Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine family Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
subject surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp family Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior family Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior family
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine family Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
subject surface form: Pratt & Whitney Wasp
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine family
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine inspiredDevelopmentOf Pratt & Whitney Wasp series
subject surface form: Pratt & Whitney Wasp
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R‑1340 Wasp series