Orenda-8
This Canadian designed and manufactured engine was built at Malton, Ontario. The engine was built for the only Canadian designed jet fighter to see operational use, the CF-100 Canuck. Named…
Aircraft Engines in our Museum Collection
This Canadian designed and manufactured engine was built at Malton, Ontario. The engine was built for the only Canadian designed jet fighter to see operational use, the CF-100 Canuck. Named…
One of the most successful aircraft engines ever designed, 34,966 R-1340 Wasp's were built between 1925 and 1960. The engine powered numerous aircraft, the most well known in Canada being…
The R985 features a built-in centrifugal supercharger and direct-drive propeller. The R-985 was in production from 1930 through 1953. Over 39,000 were produced. The Wasp Junior was used on the…
The Ranger 6 evolved from the Cirrus air-cooled, inline engine designed in 1928. Considerable research went into the design of the close-fitting baffles around the cylinders so that a…
The Nene was designed and built in 5.5 months during 1944. Later they were test-bedded on a Lancastrian aircraft, a derivative of the Lancaster. In 1948, this aircraft set a…