The Centaurus was the final development of the Bristol Engine Company's series of sleeve valve radial aircraft engines. The Centaurus is an 18-cylinder...

of eight Bristol Centaurus radial engines which drove eight paired contra-rotating propellers set on four forward-facing nacelles. Bristol decided to...

Centaurus is a bright constellation in the southern sky. Centaurus may also refer to: Centaurus (Greek mythology), father of the race of mythological...

options for 25 aircraft on 28 July powered by the Bristol Centaurus, but to be re-fitted with the Bristol Proteus when available. In November 1948, the Type...

projected growth in air travel. Fitted with the new but conventional Bristol Centaurus radial engines, the Ambassador was designed to accommodate four Napier...

Power-to-weight ratio: 0.7 hp/lb (1.16 kW/kg) Related development Bristol Perseus Bristol Centaurus Comparable engines BMW 801 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Pratt &...

nicely balanced flying controls and a wide range of power in the two Bristol Centaurus engines. These features made the aircraft splendid for formation flying...

to be powered by Rolls-Royce Griffon engines, two with Centaurus XXIIs, one with a Centaurus XII and one as a test structure. Hawker used the internal...

numbers LA602 and LA607), equipped with the Bristol Centaurus Mk.IV engine (LA607 later receiving a Centaurus Mk.V) One Tempest Mk.III (serial number LA610)...

production, but further developments led to the Bristol Hercules, Bristol Taurus, and Bristol Centaurus. The Aquila was developed two years after the somewhat...