The Green C.4 was a British four-cylinder,

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that first ran in 1908, it was designed by Gustavus Green and licensed by his

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for manufacture by Aster Engineering. The engine was one of two Green designs to win a government prize.Gunston 1989, p. 74.

Applications

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Type A *

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* Roe IV Triplane *

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Handley Page Type B The Handley Page Type B was an unusual single-engined pusher biplane built by Handley Page at the commission of a Liverpool patent agent. Damaged before its first flight, Handley Page disowned it, but it was rebuilt and flew for a time in 1910 ...

* Handley Page Type D * Hornstein biplane * Macfie Empress * Martin-Handasyde No.3 * Neale VII biplane * Short S.27 (Manufacturer No.s S.26 and S.28) * Sopwith Burgess-Wright *

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Engines on display

A preserved Green C.4 engine is on public display at the

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. Another engine is on display at the

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in Scotland..

Specifications (C.4)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Gunston, Bill. ''World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines''. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. * Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

External links

''Flight'', March 12, 1910 - "British Flight Engines: The Green".
Covers both the C.4 and D.4 engine types. {{Green aeroengines 1900s aircraft piston engines Green aircraft engines