The Hispano-Suiza 14AA was a fourteen-cylinder aircraft radial engine

Radial engine

The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders point outward from a central crankshaft like the spokes on a wheel...

 used in France during the late 1930s. As Hispano-Suiza

Hispano-Suiza

Hispano-Suiza was a Spanish automotive and engineering firm, best known for its luxury cars and aviation engines in the pre-World War II period of the twentieth century. In 1923, its French subsidiary became a semi-autonomous partnership with the parent company and is now part of the French SAFRAN...

 lacked recent experience in developing radial engines, it was derived from the licensed Wright R-2600

Wright R-2600

|-See also:-Bibliography:* Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London. Studio Editions Ltd, 1998. ISBN 0-517-67964-7-External links:...

 engine. Due to reliability problems, the engine was largely supplanted by the similar Gnome-Rhône 14N

Gnome-Rhône 14N

|-See also:* Pratt & Whitney R-1830 a comparable engine sometimes fitted as an alternative to the 14N on French designs* BMW 801* Bristol Hercules* Wright R-2600* Fiat A.74* Mitsubishi Kinsei* Nakajima Sakae* Shvetsov ASh-82-References:...

.

Not to be confused with the smaller Hispano-Suiza 14AB

Hispano-Suiza 14AB

The Hispano-Suiza 14AB was a 14-cylinder twin-row air-cooled radial engine. In 1929 the Hispano-Suiza company bought a license to produce the Wright Whirlwind engine. The technology from that engine was used to produce a number of different radial engines with greater displacements, power and...

, which was derived from the smaller Wright Whirlwind

Wright Whirlwind

The Wright R-975 Whirlwind was a series of nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engines built by the Wright Aeronautical division of Curtiss-Wright. These engines had a displacement of about 975 in³ and power ratings of 300-450 hp...

 series.

Specifications (Hispano-Suiza 14AA-04)

Applications

• Amiot 341
• LeO 45
• Farman F.223
  Farman F.222
  |-See also:-Bibliography:* Ketley, Barry, French Aces of WWII, Osprey Publishing, p. 45* William Green, War Planes of the Second World War, Volume 8, 1967...
  
  
• Latécoère 530
• Latécoère 570