Newsletter 2020 #1

The AEHS Board of Directors would like to express their deep appreciation for the 17 years of committed service to the Society by AEHS Secretary emeritus Jim Howell and AEHS Treasurer emeritus Paul Jacobs. Largely unheralded, these gentlemen have unselfishly contributed their skills and wisdom to the operation and success of the Aircraft Engine Historical Society since the inception of the organization in 2001. Well done, gentlemen, and thank you.

AEHS members, spouses, friends, or anyone else is welcome to meet in Dearborn, Michigan, 6 - 7 October 2020 to eat, drink, be merry, and visit The Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, The Automobile Hall of Fame, and Yanks Air Museum at Willow Run, and perhaps other sites as well. The base hotel is the Doubletree Dearborn and reservations can be made specifically for the Ford 2020 Meeting at this link:
http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/D/DTTDBDT-FOR-20201005/index.jhtml

We have meeting room reserved for our use on the evening of 6 October and the rest we’ll figure out as the time nears. Everybody pays their own way for everything, and further details can be found on the AEHS Member Forum.

Roland is an AEHS legacy member who has restored to running condition a large number and wide variety of fascinating engines. Everything from a Continental W760 to a Russian Vedeneyev M-14P to a 1930 four-cylinder two-stroke, 29 horsepower DKW stationary engine and others all way back to the early 1900s. They are beautiful, running restorations.

We'd like to thank members who have written original articles or have suggested sources and topics for inclusion in the email AEHS Newsletter. We encourage everyone to contribute their thoughts, articles, and ideas to enlighten and amuse the AEHS membership and anyone else who seeks access to these newsletters via the private Newsletter Forum.

Agent Jay Z reveals the parts and operating principles of the jet engine fuel pump. Wizardry.

Six new documents have been added to the AEHS library regarding the design, specifications, installation, and illustrated parts catalog of the 12-cylinder Hispano-Suiza 650 engine. Just scroll down to the bottom of the home page to find the latest additions.

Harland Avezzie of North American Restorations in Westfield, Massachusetts has been restoring WWII gun turrets for a couple decades now. By necessity he creates many parts from new castings and is a master scrounger and restorer of all things mechanical:

There are plans afoot to have electric Formula 1 air racing at Reno in 2021. Some of the aircraft were revealed at the Dubai airshow in November 2019. If anybody has some expertise in electric flight or power systems please consider writing something up for the AEHS.

A full scale, reconfigured de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver on floats has flown on electric power of 750 horsepower!

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