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Forum: Tech Log

24th Mar 2010, 18:21

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were any big radials reliable

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Posted By WHBM

The first aircraft start-up I ever recollect...

The first aircraft start-up I ever recollect seeing, as a schoolkid, was a Dan-Air Airspeed Ambassador, with Bristol Centaurus radials, at Liverpool airport, starting up after an overnight stay.
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Forum: Tech Log

24th Mar 2010, 07:33

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were any big radials reliable

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Posted By WHBM

BOAC, once they had got rid of their old...

BOAC, once they had got rid of their old WW2-derived fleet of freighters, used Avro Yorks chartered in from various UK independent operators during this period. It was pretty much a full time...

Forum: Tech Log

23rd Mar 2010, 18:56

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were any big radials reliable

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Posted By WHBM

We don't seem to hear the same stories about the...

We don't seem to hear the same stories about the linear engines like the Rolls-Roce Merlin that you do about the radials. Did the Merlin really have a better reliability record ?

Reading WW2...

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