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Is that a Hawker Fury? If so, they had one of the most complicated engines put in that period aircraft. Supercharged sleeve valve radial. The engine has a crankshaft to run all the pistons, and another one to run all the sleeve valves. The sleeve valve engine was invented and developed by a guy named Knight and saw limited use in automobiles.
There used to be an aircraft restoration facility at Goderich, Ontario, and had a Sea Fury there for some maintenance. They had the cowling off the engine, and I was astounded at the complexity of that, then 60-year-old engine. I think that if the pilots realized how many separate pieces were whizzing around in that engine, they would be afraid to fly it.

 

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Hawker tempest

 

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Cute ...........

 

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Hawker Hurricane from the Finnish Air Force.

 

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What aircraft is this?

 

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What aircraft is this?

The cockpit of the A-20 in my previous pics, owned by Lewis Air Legends, the only flying Havoc of the few left.