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ARCHIVE GROUP:	alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
ARCHIVE FILENAME:	TAM0882.JPG
ARCHIVE SUBJECT:	Re: Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Aero Engine - TAM088.JPG (1/2)
FROM:	Mr Bill
FULL HEADER:	Subject: Re: Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Aero Engine - TAM088.JPG (1/2) From: Mr Bill <justbillme@DAWGS.justice.com> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:50:40 -0700 Message-ID: <ej51v3laukmsccpo7ujqivb986vq9jll1f@4ax.com> References: <p5dHj.28562$w51.22204@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk> <Xns9A6FBB06148E3rmoore16tampabayrrco@66.250.146.128> <rgpHj.119428$nw4.42971@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk> Bytes: 500300 Lines: 7946 Organization: Take out the DAWGS for E-mail Address Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.aviation X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 X-No-Archive: yes X-Organization: Legion of Dynamic Discord Path: mynews.xusenet.com!nntp.xusenet.com!zen.net.uk!demorgan.zen.co.uk!news-out1.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.ka belfoon.nl!bandi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!out.nntp.be!sp7iad.superfeed.net!news-in.newsfeeds.com!news.alt.n et Xref: mynews.xusenet.com alt.binaries.pictures.aviation:105646 On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:57:27 GMT, ŽiŠardo <here@nowhere.com> wrote: >Robert Moore wrote: >> ŽiŠardo wrote >>> http://www.aeroventure.org.uk/ >> >> Could have sworn that Twin Wasps had 14 cylinders. :-) >> >> Bob Moore >> >Er, they all look alike to me! Could it be a Wright R-1820-66 Cyclone >9-cylinder radial piston engine? > >Here is the original shot, and I based the engine description on the >assumption that the aircraft picture accompanying the engine data sheet >was of the Douglas Devastator. It would obviously have helped if I'd >stopped to read the information card! However, on closer scrutiny - >looking at the tail in particular - it could be something else. If it's >a Douglas Dauntless, then I'd describe the engine as a Wright R-1820-66 >Cyclone 9-cylinder radial piston engine. > >As you will surmise from this, I know very, very little about aero >engines, (and I'm not too hot on US WW2 naval aircraft either) so any >guidance would be appreciated. Mind you, if the aircraft is a Northrop >A17, we're back to the twin wasp... > >;-) Informational Placard - Wright Cyclone R-1820 states it was used in the Douglas SDB Dauntess. From the Tillamook Air Museum Tillamook, OR The Devastator did run the Twin Wasp.
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