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Old 26th Mar 2010, 22:07
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Going back to the Bristol Hercules. It was a rugged and reliable engine.
BWIA (island hopping in Caribbean-lots of heat humidity and sea blast) had them on their Vickers Vikings in the early fifties.
Before that, they had Lodestars with Pratts. The Vikings were followed by DC-3s with Pratts.
During the Viking era they won the coveted Cumberbatch Trophy for "regularity" , a feat they never came close to before or after, even with jets, in their 66 year history!
Those Hercules just kept on humming even in relatively primitive conditions.
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