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Rolls-Royce Merlin R. M. 14S. M. Mk 100 V-12 Engine, 1944. Creator: Rolls-RoyceFormed in 1906 to produce automobiles, Rolls-Royce was asked to begin designing and building aircraft engines at the outbreak of World War I in 1914
Curtiss OXX-6, V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor CompanyAmong the most successful early engines marketed in the United States were those designed and built by aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn Curtiss
Junkers Jumo 207 D-V2 In-line 6 Diesel Engine, ca. World War II. Creator: JunkersDr. Hugo Junkers started development of his Diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at Dessau, Germany in 1911. His early engines functioned on the two-stroke cycle principle with
Wright Vertical 4, In-line 4 Engine, 1906. Creator: Wright CompanyThe Wright vertical four-cylinder engine was designed by Orville Wright in 1906. These engines, of which more were built than any other Wright Brothers engine model
Allison V-1710-7 (V-1710-C4), V-12 Engine, 1936. Creator: General MotorsIn early 1930, Allison manager N. H. Gilman sketched a design for a 559 kW (750-hp), 12-cylinder engine that would incorporate high-temperature glycol cooling and a turbosupercharger. The U.S
Continental Hyper I-1430-11, Inverted V-12 Engine, 1942In 1932, the Army contracted with Continental for development of a cylinder with high specific power. Using the resulting Hyper No
Sterling (Sunbeam) Cossack, V-12 Engine, 1917. Creator: Sterling Engine CompanyThe Sunbeam Motor Car Co. Ltd of Wolverhampton, England began producing successful automobiles in 1910. Applying the expertise of French Chief Engineer Louis Coatalen
Roberts 4X In-line 4 Engine, 1912. Creator: Roberts Motor CompanyAn important objective of the Roberts Motor Company design was light weight, which was achieved through the extensive use of aluminum and magnesium alloys in the cylinders and crankcase
Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII, V-12 Engine, Circa 1917-1922. Creator: Rolls-RoyceThe Eagle was the first production Rolls-Royce aircraft engine to be used in service during World War I. Resulting from a 1914 British Admiralty requirement for an engine of about 186 kw (250 hp)
Clerget 9 A Diesel, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1928. Creator: Panhard-LevassorPierre Clerget was inspired by the Gnome to produce a supposedly improved rotary engine in 1911. It was a 7-cylinder, 11.88 liter (725 cu in) engine rated at 60 kW (80 hp) at 1, 200 rpm
Curtiss Ricardo R-6, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1921. CreatorAmong the most successful early engines marketed in the United States were those designed and built by aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn Curtiss in his factory at Hammondsport, New York
Curtiss C-4 or D-4, In-line 4 Engine, ca. 1907. CreatorThis engine, built by the Glenn H. Curtiss Manufacturing Company of Hammondsport, New York, about 1907 is believed to be a Model C-4 or D-4 engine
BMW Model IIIA In-line 6 Engine, 1918. Creator: BMWThe Daimler-Benz companys virtual monopoly on the production of aircraft engines in Germany stifled research and development of other engines
Packard B-12 (Model 905), V-12 Engine, Circa 1916. Creator: Packard Motor Car CompanyThe Model 905 was the second of the early aircraft engine designs of the Packard Motor Car Company, located in Detroit, Michigan
Hitachi Hatsukaze 11, Ha 11 Model 11, Inverted In-line 4 Engine, 1941The Japanese conglomerate Hitachi manufactured aircraft engines from about 1929 until the end of World War II, with a concentration on low-power seven and nine cylinder radials
Curtiss Chieftain H-1640, Radial 12 Engine, ca. 1928. CreatorAmong the most successful early engines marketed in the United States were those designed and built by aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn Curtiss of Hammondsport, New York
Curtiss K-12, V-12 Engine, ca. 1918. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor CompanyIn 1916 Curtiss engineer Charles Kirkham began designing an engine to compete with the Wright Corporations Hispano-Suiza. By late 1917, the prototype K-12 (K for Kirkham) was bench tested
Hispano-Suiza 12YCRS V-12 Engine, ca. 1932. Creator: Hispano-SuizaMarc Birkigt, an inventor of Swiss origin, developed Hispano-Suiza (meaning Spanish-Swiss) engines, and first manufactured them in Barcelona for use in automobiles
Union Type 1-6, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1917. Creator: Union Gas Engine CompanyThe Union Gas Engine Company of Oakland, California began producing marine engines in 1885, and started experimental construction of an aircraft engine in 1915
Liberty 12 Model A (Packard), Moss Turbosupercharged, V-12 Engine, October 31, 1918The Liberty engine was Americas most important contribution to aeronautical technology during World War I. Jesse G. Vincent of Packard and Elbert J
Packard 1A-2775 X-24 Engine, Circa 1927. Creator: Packard Motor Car CompanyThe Packard Motor Car Company produced the worlds first quantity-production 12-cylinder automobile in in 1916, and belief in that engine carried over to aviation in the following year
Mitsubishi Ha 42 Model 41 Ru (Ha 214 Ru), Radial 18 Engine, ca. World War IIMitsubishi was the first and largest series producer of Japanese engines during World War II, with a 1937 Pratt & Whitney arrangement possibly contributing to this success
Rolls-Royce Condor IA, V-12 Engine, 1921. Creator: Rolls-RoyceFollowing its success as an automobile manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, Ltd. began design and development of aircraft engines at the request of the British Admiralty at the beginning of World War I
Curtiss Conqueror V-1570-53 (G1V-1570-F), V-12 Engine, ca. 1928Glenn Curtiss of Hammondsport, New York, who built and raced bicycles early in the twentieth century, later raced, designed and built motorcycles and motorcycle engines
Royal Aircraft Factory RAF-1a, V-8 Engine, ca. 1914. Creator: Royal Aircraft FactoryDuring World War I several types of aircraft engines were designed and developed by the Royal Aircraft Factory, a government facility located in Farnborough, England
Maybach In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1916-1917. Creator: Maybach MotorenbauThis World War I engine, built by Germanys Maybach, was of the type that powered the Zeppelin, Schutte-Lanz, and Parseval airships or airplanes such as the Rumpler C4 and C5
Kirkham, Vertically-Opposed 6 Engine, Experimantal, 1929. Creator: Charles B. KirkhamCharles B. Kirkham of Savona, N.Y. one of the earliest and best known airplane engine designers and builders, originally built motorcycle engines, and did casting and machining for Glenn Curtiss
Packard Model 1A-1551, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Packard Motor Car CompanyIn early 1921, the Navy contracted with the Packard Motor Car Company, to develop the new Model 1A-1551 engine for its proposed ZR-1 airship, later named Shenandoah
Continental XR-1740-2, Sleeve Valve, Radial 14 Engine, ca. 1941. Creator: ContinentalIn 1925, Continental, a successful manufacturer of automotive engines, purchased the rights for a Burt-McCollum single-sleeve valve engine design
Wright H-3 V-8 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Wright AeronauticalFamed designer Mark Birkigt was from Switzerland, but his aircraft engines were built elsewhere. Hispano-Suiza engines were built in company factories in France and Spain
Wright Whirlwind R-790-A (J-5) Radial 9 Engine, 1920s. Creator: Wright AeronauticalThe J-5 Whirlwind was a cornerstone aviation technology of the 1920s and 1930s. Charles L. Lawrance began work on the J-series of compact, lightweight, air-cooled radials for the U.S. Navy in 1921
Renault 80 hp, V-8 Engine, ca. 1913. Creator: RenaultThe first versions of this engine were built in 1908, and set an 8-hour endurance record in 1910. It continued to be used through World War I, especially in British training planes
Maybach MB IVa, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Maybach MotorenbauOriginally the engine building subsidiary of the German Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.m.b.H.), Maybach Motorenbau G.m.b.H
Jacobs (Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. ) R-985-AN5, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1940The Wasp Jr. R-985 was the third engine type designed by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, following the Wasp R-1340 and Hornet R-1690, all of which were nine-cylinder engines
Duesenberg H Direct, V-16 Engine, 1918. Creator: Duesenberg Motors CorporationOriginating in Iowa to build automobiles, the Duesenberg Motors Corporation of Elizabeth, New Jersey was organized in 1917 by German immigrant Fred Duesenberg
Irwin Meteor Model 72, X-4 Radial Engine, ca. 1926. Creator: Irwin Aircraft CompanyBeginning around 1922, J.F. Irwins Irwin Aircraft Company of Watsonville, California designed and provided blueprints for small
Union Type 2-6, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1917. Creator: Union Gas Engine CompanyThe Union Gas Engine Company (later the Union Diesel Engine Company) of Oakland, California designed this aircraft engine in 1915. In 1917, it was the first to pass the U.S. government 50-hour test
Hall-Scott A-7-A In-line 4 Engine, 1917. 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
Clement V-2 Engine, 1903. Creator: Clement-BayardThis French engine powered the Santos-Dumont Airship No. 9 in 1903. It performed two tasks: propulsion and the operation of a belt driven blower to pressurize the airships envelope
Stringfellow Steam Engine, 1868. Creator: John StringfellowLike the Wright brothers, who followed, John Stringfellow and his associate William Henson are an important link to early aeronautical researchers
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