Bristol Pegasus
Bristol
- Configuration
- 9-cylinder single-row air-cooled radial
- Power
- ~600–1,000 hp
About
A nine-cylinder air-cooled radial developed from Bristol’s earlier Jupiter, the Pegasus gave between roughly 600 and 1,000 hp and was one of the most widely built British engines of the 1930s, with some 32,000 produced. In RAF service it powered the Handley Page Hampden, early Vickers Wellingtons, the Vickers Wellesley and the Short Sunderland flying boat. It first made its name in record-breaking flight — carrying aircraft over the summit of Everest in 1933 and to world altitude records — before going to war.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Bristol Pegasus — Wikipedia and Lumsden, Alec — British Piston Aero-Engines and their Aircraft (Airlife, 2003). The text is original and has been written from factual source material.