Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp family
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp family of 18-cylinder, two-row, air-cooled radial aircraft engines. This packet creates the canonical historical family identity only; existing dash variants, license-built derivatives, aircraft installations, actors, and lineage edges remain separate evidence-bound work.
Identity
- Aliases
- R-2800R-2800 Double WaspPratt & Whitney R-2800Double Wasp
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp family
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp family of 18-cylinder, two-row, air-cooled radial aircraft engines. This packet creates the canonical historical family identity only; existing dash variants, license-built derivatives, aircraft installations, actors, and lineage edges remain separate evidence-bound work.
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- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 05:55:08 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 05:55:08 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-07
- Note
- The Smithsonian identifies the R-2800 Double Wasp family as an 18-cylinder radial engine, documents its 1936 design origin, major wartime and airliner applications, and more than 125,000 engines produced by Pratt & Whitney and licensees.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- Title
- Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Cutaway Engine
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-07
- Note
- The manufacturer records the R-2800 Double Wasp's 1939 entry into service and its role as America's first 18-cylinder radial design, corroborating the family boundary.
- Publisher
- Pratt & Whitney
- Title
- In 1963, Dependable Engines Answered a Nation's Call of Mourning
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-07
- Note
- The Smithsonian's exact R-2800-43 record demonstrates that dash-number variants are distinct family members; this packet intentionally does not merge or relink them.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- Title
- Engine, Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp R-2800-43