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Bristol Mercury

Preserved Bristol Mercury
Aircraft Type
NameMercury
RolePiston aircraft engine
ManufacturerBristol Aeroplane Company
Number built20700
Developed fromBristol Jupiter
Aircraft Engine
First run 
Major applicationsBristol Blenheim
Gloster Gladiator

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:For the 1917 14-cylinder radial engine see Cosmos Mercury

The Bristol Mercury is a nine-cylinder air-cooled single-row piston radial engine. The Mercury was used mainly on British military aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. A number were also built in Europe under licence.

At least two Bristol Mercuries remain airworthy in 2010.

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Bristol Aeroplane Company
Piston engines (1920-1956)
Horizontally opposed engines:
Cherub
Radial engines:
Draco * Hydra * Jupiter * Lucifer * Mercury * Neptune * Orion * Pegasus * Phoenix * Titan
Sleeve valve radial engines:
Aquila * Centaurus * Hercules * Orion * Perseus * Taurus
Bristol Siddeley gas turbine
and rocket engines (1959-1966)
Turbojets / Turbofans:
Gyron Junior * Olympus * Orpheus * Pegasus * BS.100 * Phoebus * Viper
DesignersRoy Fedden * Stanley Hooker

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