AEHS Newsletter 2020 #4
Compiled by Tom Fey and Tony Ward
Published 10 Dec 2020

The Dearborn 2021 It is with great relief and anticipation that we wobble from 2020 into 2021 with a new-build AEHS Convention scheduled for October 5 and 6, 2021. Like the stillborn Ford 2020, the meeting will be to be centered at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Dearborn, Michigan. A block of rooms has been set aside for the AEHS, we have a meeting room for both of those evenings, the Ford Museum / Greenfield Village / Automotive Hall of Fame / Yankee Air Museum / Other are on the visitation list. A couple of members have mentioned they have topics they may want to present. Beyond that, it is too early to set hard schedule for activities, but we'll figure that out as the time grows closer. Information on the Dearborn 2021 will be provided and discussed on the AEHS Message Board under Mini-Gigs and updates in every Newsletter.

AEHS President Kim McCutcheon is penning a series of articles on rocket engines now on the AEHS website. I didn’t find rockets interesting until I started on these articles.

AEHS member Terry Welshans informs us that the owner of the 1921 Wright H2 engine complete with log-style manifolds and the Bendix NAV-6 carburetor is willing to trade for engines. Contact Terry via the AEHS Message Board.

AEHS member Graham White informs us that the SAE has published an updated second edition of his book Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of WWII.

AEHS member Calum Douglas’s book The Secret Horsepower Race chronicling the thrust and parry of engine development between Germany and the Allies during WWII has been published, sold out, and is now in a second printing. Currently unavailable, it should soon be available through Amazon or directly from the publisher.

AEHS member Roland Servais fires up his restored Shvetsov Ash-62 radial.

The Nordberg Radial is a stationary, two stroke, compression ignition engine of heroic proportions. AEHS member Bill Pearce describes the engine, and at least one still runs.

Building up the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine

David Glen is a master model maker who has built 1/5 scale aluminum models of the Spitfire Mk.1, P-51D Mustang, and Spitfire Mk.IX. The process, photo galleries, and book can be found here:
https://www.spitfireinmyworkshop.net
and
https://www.facebook.com/SpitfireinmyWorkshop

AgentJayZ looks at the Allison T56 turboprop core.

The Beast of Turin is the 1911 Fiat S76 race car powered by a four cylinder, 28.4 liter engine that has to be seen to be believed.
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