The Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior is a series of nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial aircraft engines built by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company from...
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07 kW/kg) Pratt & Whitney Wasp series Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet Related development Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a displacement of 2,800 cu in (46 L)...
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development Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Pratt & Whitney...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior was an engine used in American aircraft in the 1930s. The engine was introduced in 1932 as a 14-cylinder version...
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Pratt & Whitney Wasp series Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior Pratt & Whitney R-2000...
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The Pratt & Whitney Wasp was the civilian name of a family of air-cooled radial piston engines developed in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. The Pratt & Whitney...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major is an American 28-cylinder four-row radial piston aircraft engine designed and built during World War II. At 4,362...
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aircraft engines (which the Wasp dominated) when Pratt & Whitney released its R-1690 Hornet. It was basically "a bigger Wasp". In 1929, Rentschler ended...
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Junior, around a scaled down Electra. It would carry only six passengers and two pilots but would use the same 450 hp (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp...
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R-975 faced heavy competition from Pratt & Whitney's R-985 Wasp Junior and from their larger R-1340 Wasp. Pratt & Whitney R-985 outsold the Wright R-975...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E Twin Wasp E was a radial aircraft engine developed in the United States by Pratt & Whitney. It had two rows of seven cylinders...
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built a total of 149 Electras. Electra 10-A Powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior SB, 450 hp (336 kW) each; 101 produced. Three built for the...
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The Pratt & Whitney F135 is an afterburning turbofan developed for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a single-engine strike fighter. It has two variants;...
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The Pratt & Whitney J57 (company designation: JT3C) is an axial-flow turbojet engine developed by Pratt & Whitney in the early 1950s. The J57 (first run...
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Wasp Junior may refer to one of two engines of the Pratt & Whitney Wasp series: Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet was a widely used American aircraft engine. Developed by Pratt & Whitney, 2,944 were produced from 1926 through 1942...
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development Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E Twin Wasp E Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp Pratt & Whitney...
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Stinson Detroiter (redirect from Stinson Wasp)
interiors. SM-7B Originally powered by a 300 hp (220 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior radial engine, five were built each year in 1928, 1929 and...
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The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 is a family of dual-spool, axial-flow, high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines produced by Pratt & Whitney as the successor to...
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spatted main landing gear. The Ba.32 was powered by three Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines. It was operated by...
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The Pratt & Whitney J48 (company designation JT7 Turbo-Wasp) is a turbojet engine developed by Pratt & Whitney as a license-built version of the Rolls-Royce...
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The Pratt & Whitney PW1000G family, also known as the GTF (geared turbofan), is a family of high-bypass geared turbofan produced by Pratt & Whitney. Following...
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The Pratt & Whitney JT3D is an early turbofan aircraft engine derived from the Pratt & Whitney JT3C. It was first run in 1958 and was first flown in 1959...
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The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71...
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The Pratt & Whitney R-1860 Hornet B was a relatively uncommon aircraft engine. It was a development of Pratt & Whitney's earlier R-1690 Hornet and was...
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The Pratt & Whitney T34 (company designation PT2 Turbo-Wasp) was an American axial flow turboprop engine designed and built by Pratt & Whitney. Its only...
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XH-3730), but the project was canceled in 1940 in favor of Pratt & Whitney developing the R-4360 Wasp Major air-cooled radial engine. Type: 24 cylinder H-engine...
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systems in favor of aircraft type propellers powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior radial engines and in 1955 the vessel set a world speed record...
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radial engines, including the Wright Whirlwind, Pratt & Whitney Wasp and Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior of varying horsepowers, could be installed depending...
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