AEHS Newsletter 2023 #3
Compiled by Tom Fey and Tony Ward
Published 1 Sep 2023


The second AEHS video, Airpower: The Great War through the Golden Age of Flight, has been released to YouTube. Many thanks to Brian Silcox.

If you have an idea or topic you’d like to develop for the AEHS, help is available to support your contribution. To contact the AEHS: webmstr@enginehistory.org

Additional AEHS website material on early engine makers “T” through “W” from Kim McCutcheon

Preparing For Reno 2023 Guardian Angel – Sports Racing Class

Re-engining the B-29 Fifi

B-17 Pilot Turbosupercharger Training

Stan Barrett Land Speed Record, 1979

Waste Heat Utilization from High-Output Aircraft Piston Engines


Fairchild J44 Project

Introduction Video

Disassembly    Video 1    Video 2    Video 3    Video 4

Parts Review    Video 1    Video 2    Video 3

The Rotating Assembly    Video 1    Video 2

Restoration
   Diffuser Housing    Video 1    Video 2
   Compressor Intake Housing    Video 1    Video 2
   Exhaust Nozzle    Video 1
   Combustor and Fuel Manifold    Video 1    Video 2
   Stator Assembly    Video 1    Video 2
   Accessory Drive    Video 1    Video 2    Video 3

Final Assembly
   Video 1    Video 2    Video 3    Video 4    Video 5
   Video 6    Video 7    Video 8    Video 9

It Runs!    Video 1    Video 2    Video 3


 

How a Javalin Anti-Tank Missile Works

Model Airplane Engine Site

What was it like to fly a P-38? Report by Col Harold Rau, Group Commander, WWII

Turbo-Prop L-1249 Constellation

Heat Pump System for Gearheads – Remarkable Heat Recovery Technology

Investigating Accidents, Hoot Gibson Mustang Galloping Ghost and Space Shuttle

Kermit Weeks A-26 Restoration – Progression — (Videos 1 thru 4 – Cockpit Details, Engine Runs, Walk-Around Checks, Flight, Taxi Tests, etc.)
   Video 1    Video 2    Video 3    Video 4