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India Four Two
 
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However, it had R-4360 engines. These had 7-cylinder radial banks, with FOUR banks per engine, arranged in an offset spiral to try and get some cooling air to all cylinder heads.
In the Planes of Fame lobby, in Chino, there is a sectioned R-4360 in all its complicated glory:


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