To help you get your gears in motion this week, here’s the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 “Wasp Major” with up to 3,500 hp. This 28-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine in Hangar 4 can also be found on such aircraft at Pima as the B-50 Superfortress, B-36 Peacemaker, C-97 Stratofreighter, C-119 Flying Boxcar, and C-124 Globemaster II. Music by Sam Marshall - Colors | Pima Air and Space Museum

THE PRATT & WHITNEY R-4360 has FOUR ROWS OF 28 CYLINDERS!! 🤯 “It is the largest-displacement aviation piston engine to be mass-produced in the United States, and at 4,300 hp the most powerful.” 💪 It was used in a variety of aircrafts from “Spruce Goose” to B-50 Superfortress. #boeing #pilot #aviation #engine #aircraft #cylinder #piston #suck #bang #boom #blow | Aviatress Alyssa