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[wallan]

The latest RRHT newsletter has an article about the R-R Eagle engine. The author mentions that so much material has been made available that a book is to be published, on the subject. So, one to keep an eye out for in the future.

[pshort]

The old Eagle, that is, not the later one!

I have just been reading that newsletter too - belonging to the RRHT is highly recommended, I think £6 per year, great bulletins and newsletters (mostly aero engines) and a very good discount off all their books. I have them all, just ordered the latest written by the "car testers".
Long may they continue!

[wallan]

For those who own both volumes of

les moteurs a pistons aeronautiques francais

they are now fetching over 800 US dollars

[wallan]

I should have pointed out this is a German language book giving details on all major piston aero engines, not just German ones.

[wallan]

Been rather busy.

First, Haynes are doing a RR Merlin manual- I assume much the same as the Spitfire & Tiger ones.

Just found out they are doing a rocket motors one.

The Fast Times of Albert Champion: From Record-Setting Racer to Dashing Tycoon, An Untold Story of Speed, Success, and Betrayal

Spark plug guy.

http://www.amazon.com/Fast-Times-Albert-Champion-Record-Setting/dp/1616149647/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406050397&sr=1-2&keywords=albert+champion

Mr. Ludvigsen is putting off his supercharger book!☺

Professor Porsche's Wars: The Secret Life of Legendary Engineer Ferdinand Porsche Who Armed Two Belligerents Through Four Decades

Details his aero engines as well

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Professor-Porsches-Wars-Legendary-Belligerents/dp/1783030194/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406050546&sr=1-1&keywords=ludvigsen+porsche

Finally, quite a rare book has been reprinted

Sir Ernest Lemon: The Production Engineer Who Modernised the LMS Railway and Equipped the RAF for War

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sir-Ernest-Lemon-Production-Modernised/dp/0901461601/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406050620&sr=1-2&keywords=ernest+lemon

Cheaper to uy it from the railway/canal site

[wpearce]

This may also be of interest: W O Bentley Rotary Aero Engines by Dr. Tom Dine. 230 pages (but says 200 page index?) plus CD-ROM with videos and drawings. Should be available next month for 55 GBP.

http://www.wobentleyrotary.com/
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Bill Pearce

www.oldmachinepress.com

[wallan]

[wallan]

The book, "The Beast", reviewed by our colleague, Mr. Fey, was published in the UK, yesterday, 28th July.

[wallan]

My copy of the Bentley book was waiting for me when I got back from holiday on Sunday night. The CD-ROM is in an envelope with the book, not fixed in the book.

With regard to Mr. Fey's review of The Electra Story; the Open University (British distance learning system set up by the Labour Government in the Sixties) has an engineering module on the whirling mode failure of the engines, which is fascinating.

[wallan]

Albert Champion book was published in December.