Monster Wright R-3350 Duplex Cyclone Engine Starts Up

Big WWII Aircraft Engines Starting Up- Let’s Go!

If you enjoy listening to powerful and sweet engine sounds, then this video is for you. Let’s check out some of those featured in the clip – the Allison V-1710, Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone, Packard V-1650 Merlin, Daimler-Benz DB 605 used by Germans, Rolls-Royce Merlin, Liberty L-12, Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp, Klimov VK-107 used by the Soviet, and the Hispano-Suiza 12Y used by the French Air Force.

These aircraft engines powered some of the most iconic warbirds of WWII such as the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, P-40F Kittyhawk, and Messerschmitt Bf 109.