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Topic: Location of Loughead S-1 Engine? |
jkinney
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Forum: Wants Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 08:13 Subject: Location of Loughead S-1 Engine? |
Hello everyone,
Would anyone know the location of the Loughead 25-hp S-1 engine? Supposedly, it survives and might be in California. I checked the AEHS museum database and it did not come up.
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Topic: BMW IIIa |
jkinney
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Forum: DB, Junkers, Other German Engines Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 13:16 Subject: BMW IIIa |
Herb,
It is a different report. If it survives, two places it could be are the Sarah Clark Files at the National Archives (take a look at the AEHS online finding aid) or the Air Force's Historical R ... |
Topic: Looking for information on E.J. Hall |
jkinney
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Views: 6650
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Forum: Authors' Corner Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 14:35 Subject: Looking for information on E.J. Hall |
I am searching for background information on Elbert J. Hall, co-designer of the Liberty engine and engineer at Hall-Scott. I am specifically looking for biographical details, primarily years of birth ... |
Topic: Need sugestions about book collection |
jkinney
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Views: 8580
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Forum: Book, Mags, Films, Recordings, Reference Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:05 Subject: Need sugestions about book collection |
This is very exciting news!!! Combined with the world-class aeronautical archival and book collections at Auburn University as well as the USAF Historical Research Agency and Air University Library i ... |
Topic: Wright State University Project |
jkinney
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Forum: Collections/Restorations - General Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:31 Subject: Wright State University Project |
The Wright Aero drawing collection is unprecedented and will prove to be a valuable resource once it is preserved and catalogued. I worked closely with Dawne Dewey and her folks at WSU to get the col ... |
Topic: Tom Rutledge and Wright Aeronautical |
jkinney
Replies: 6
Views: 13411
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Forum: Wright Engines Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 08:41 Subject: Tom Rutledge and Wright Aeronautical |
Thanks, I'll pass that information along, but the Rutledge family has been involved in the project.
I posted a reply to your second mesage yesterday, but the server may have timed out.
Heron mor ... |
Topic: Tom Rutledge and Wright Aeronautical |
jkinney
Replies: 6
Views: 13411
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Forum: Wright Engines Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 15:34 Subject: Sam Heron and Lindbergh's J-5 |
Kim McCutcheon would be able to weigh in on this better than I could. He mentions that anecdote in his excellent Whirlwind article on the AEHS website. |
Topic: Tom Rutledge and Wright Aeronautical |
jkinney
Replies: 6
Views: 13411
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Forum: Wright Engines Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 15:35 Subject: Tom Rutledge and Wright Aeronautical |
Here is a wonderful story for all AEHS members.
The PBS series History Detectives is preparing a story on Tom Rutledge, the Wright mechanic who assembled the Wright J-5 Whirlwind on Lindbergh's Spi ... |
Topic: Mixture control on a R-3350-57 engine. |
jkinney
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Views: 21203
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Forum: Wright Engines Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 08:04 Subject: Books on Curtiss-Wright History |
cconacher:
This is all very interesting, I would like to see a book written on the R3350's history also, including some history on the Curtiss-Wright Co. itself.
Until a more comprehensive history ... |
Topic: Questions re: Continental XR-794 Sleeve Valve |
jkinney
Replies: 7
Views: 14134
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Forum: Recip Engines 1920=> Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 12:39 Subject: Questions re: Continental XR-794 Sleeve Valve |
Thanks, Kim! |
Topic: Questions re: Continental XR-794 Sleeve Valve |
jkinney
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Views: 14134
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Forum: Recip Engines 1920=> Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 13:55 Subject: Questions re: Continental XR-794 Sleeve Valve |
Can any AEHS members help answer the following questions regarding the Continental XR-794 sleeve valve engine?
What was the sleeve/port timing?
Who was responsible for the design? Two names tha ... |
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