AEHS Newsletter 2019 #3
Compiled by Tom Fey and Tony Ward
Published 3 Sep 2019

AEHS member, Convention presenter, and Old Machine Press author/host Bill Pearce took some fantastic photographs at Oshkosh AirVenture 2019:
https://pbase.com/wjpearce/oshkosh_2019

If you think propellers are simple, or you embrace "complicated", take a look at The Last Flying Curtiss Turboelectric Propeller:
http://www.enginehistory.org/Propellers/Curtiss/Turboelectric/Turboelectric.shtml

For all you fans of rocket propulsion and/or the mighty Saturn 5 that sent mankind to the moon, here is some remarkable launch footage with excellent technical narration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKtVpvzUF1Y

Here is a fascinating documentary of sorts showing period film on nuclear rocket development and testing, 1950s through late 1960s, the 75,000 pound thrust engines destined "... for use in the late 1970s and beyond."
https://youtu.be/Zm7PNlK5Aco

Magnificent restoration of a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 from carcass to first run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQWDM6cS5c8

Kermit Weeks visits Blakey engine service in Roanoke, Texas, USA. You’ll see and learn a lot:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/8im_ZghEpLs
Part 2: https://youtu.be/D51bzGnXv9k

How about rebuilding tank (as in armored fighting vehicle) parts, and a Maybach piston engine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmm1F7epCsM

And now for something completely different, and yet another reason why we love America:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyij8AQbLzs