[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by DtheP47

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.

Just been on a web site showing Pratt & Whitney engines, there is even a video of a model one running. I think the radial engine is still used on float planes on the lakes in Canada, & USA, don't think jet engines like the spray in a watery enviroment