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King-Bugatti U-16 Engine, 1919. Creator: Duesenberg Motors CorporationEttore Bugatti designed the prototype of this engine in France during World War I. The U.S. Governments Bolling Commission
Wright Whirlwind J-4B, Byrd North Pole Flight, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1926Charles Lawrance started his designs for an air-cooled engine in 1915. In 1921, Lawrance designed his first engine for a U.S
Hispano-Suiza (Wright-Martin E), V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creators: Wright AeronauticalHispano-Suiza engines were developed by Marc Birkigt, of Swiss origin, and first manufactured in Barcelona for use in automobiles
Rolls-Royce Buzzard V-2240-56 (Model H. XIV) V-12 Engine, ca. 1928. Creator: Rolls-RoyceFollowing its success as an automobile manufacturer, Rolls-Royce began design and development of aircraft engines at the request of the British Admiralty at the beginning of World War I
Hall-Scott A-7-A, In-line 4 Engine, Cutaway, ca. World War I. Creator: Hall-ScottThe Hall-Scott Motor Car Company, with general offices in San Francisco and factories at Berkeley, California, began specializing in the construction of airplane engines in 1911
Packard DR-980, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1930. Creator: Packard Motor Car CompanyThis diesel engine was designed and built under the direction of the Packard Companys Chief Aeronautical Engineer, L. M. Woolson
Hispano-Suiza A (Wright-Martin) V-8 Engine, 1918. Creator: Wright AeronauticalHispano-Suiza engines were developed by Marc Birkigt, of Swiss origin, and first manufactured in Barcelona, Spain for use in automobiles
Wright Cyclone P-1, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1925. Creator: Wright AeronauticalAbout the middle of 1923, the U.S. Navy signed a contract with Wright Aeronautical for three large air-cooled engine designs, which were to be built successively
Nakajima Ha 105 Toku, Radial 14 Engine, 15128, ca. 1940The Nakajima Ha 105 began development as a transitional engine between the Ha 25 and the Ha 115, both of which were mass produced
Wright Turbo-Cyclone 18R-3350-TC (972TC18DA2), 2-Row, Radial Engine, 1952This engine powered the last generation of piston engine transports, including the Douglas DC-7 and Lockheed Super Constellation
Sturtevant D-6 In-line Engine, In-line 6 Engine, 1912. CreatorBeginning in 1911, the Sturtevant Manufacturing Co. produced a number of engine models, all water cooled in-line vertical and V-types. Later absorbed into the familys B.F. Sturtevant Co
Aeronca E-113, Horizontally-Opposed 2 Engine, Cutaway, ca. early 1930sAeronca (Aeronautical Corporation of America) built the first widely accepted light planes in the U.S. the Collegian. These were originally powered by an engine based on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
Allison XV-1710-1, V-12 Engine, 1933. Creator: General MotorsThe Allison XV-1710-1 (V-1710-A2) was the first V-1710 engine built for the Army Air Corps, following the success of the Navys GV-1710-A model
Humber Ltd. (Bentley) B. R. 2, Rotary 9 Engine, ca. 1917. Creator: Humber LtdInitially asked in 1914 to study an overheating problem in rotary engines, Captain W. O. Bentley, an established car designer, developed a new and more efficient engine
Curtiss Modified Model L, V-8 Engine, Circa 1910. CreatorCurtiss was one of the most successful early American aircraft engine manufacturers. The first Curtiss engines were air cooled but, to achieve higher power
Salmson Z-9, Radial 9 Engine, Circa 1917-1918. Creator: SalmsonSalmson aircraft engines, produced in France starting in 1913 by the Societe des Moteurs Salmson in Billancourt, Sein, were originally designed and patented by Canton and Unne
Curtiss Challenger R-600, 2-Row, Radial 6 Engine, Circa 1928The Challenger engine, which followed the water cooled Curtiss V-8 OX-5 engine that powered the World War I JN-4 " Jenny" trainer aircraft, was designed as a lower-cost
DePalma, V-4 Engine, ca. 1918. Creator: DePalma Manufacturing CompanyC.H. Willis, Henry Fords Chief Engineer, who also led the DePalma Manufacturing Company, worked with famous inventor and General Motors executive Charles F
Adams-Farwell Rotary 5 Engine, 1907. Creator: Adams-Farwell CompanyThe first successful rotary engine is generally attributed to F.O. Farwell in 1896, and was built by the Adams Company of Dubuque, Iowa
Teledyne Continental Motors Voyager-200 Horizontally-opposed Engine, 1987In 1930, Continental began development of air-cooled horizontally opposed engines for low-powered aircraft. For example, the Continental A-40 made the classic Piper Cub possible
Michigan Aero-Engine Corporation Rover L-267, In-line 4 Engine, ca. 1930Designed by Harold E. Morehouse, a preeminent light aircraft engine designer, this was the first successful U.S. inverted air-cooled engine designed for that aircraft type
Pitcairn-Brewer Model F, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1927-1928. Creator: Pitcairn-BrewerThe Pitcairn-Brewer Model F engine was developed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during 1927 and 1928. This engine was designed by Captain Robert W. A. Brewer and sponsored by Harold F. Pitcairn
Martin 4-333, Inverted In-line 4 Engine, ca. 1930. Creator: Martin Motors CompanyThe Chevrolet Brothers Aircraft Company, owned by Swiss immigrants Arthur and Louis Chevrolet, well known designers of automobile engines and drivers of race cars, designed this in-line
Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. R-985-AN-14B "Dancing Engine", 1942Begun in 1925 by former Wright Aeronautical employees as a spinoff from a machine tool company, Pratt & Whitney became one of the worlds largest manufacturers of aircraft engines, and the Wasp Jr
Lawrance J-1, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Wright AeronauticalCharles Lawrance, originally a race car engine designer, built his first air-cooled aircraft engine in 1921 for a Navy contract
General Motors X-250, Radial 4 (8) Engine, ca. 1940. Creator: General MotorsA direct-drive, liquid-cooled, supercharged, two-stroke cycle engine, this General Motors engine was a very unusual design incorporating four cylinder blocks
Detroit Horizontally-Opposed 2-Cylinder Engine, ca. 1910-11This Detroit Aero Engines artifact is one of several engines designed by Fred Weinberg of Detroit, Michigan. Intended as an affordable power plant for amateur aviators throughout the U.S