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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
I don't think there were any radial engines used post war, by that time RR were producing the Griffon (the successor to the Merlin), and were transitioning into jet engines which I think were built in Derby.
There was a cutaway radial at the RAF College which you could turn over by a hand crank - quite impressive.
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Pratt and Witney continued with radial engines post war Barrie. The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser motored along behind four P&W R-4360 Wasp Majors, crossing the oceans at will and with high confidence, if not quite at the flight levels we are accustomed to today. A good many military type aircraft too were built with the large 3-row and 4-row post-war radial engines.