were any big radials reliable
can anyone remember flying with big radials, they had a reputation for overheating,being terribly complicated , fires and parts breaking, several ocean ditchings resulted
were any of them more reliable than others? I think some had fans blowing air over the fins, some didnt
it seems very few are sad they have gone
as a small boy I was very impressed by stratocruisers going over a relatives house on a ridge near sydney airport, they complained about them being so low, it never occured to us that they pilots were doing the best they could and would have liked to be higher
the oil leaks back under the wings impressed me