Document Type: Publication (Historical Study). Purpose: Scholarly reference. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope (from the introduction): "The Guide To Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines is offered as testimony and a source of reference for the aircraft engines of that "golden age" of aviation. It brings together under one cover the details and important information concerning the great rarity of American aircraft powerplants which contributed to America's tremendous achievements in aviation. Because of the variety of combinations possible between engines and carburetors and propellers, each engine is covered only in its basic-design model. Consequently, performances, and to some extent weights, will vary depending on the combinations employed to realize a particular power requirement The throaty roar, the staccato drumming, the grinding growl, the clatter and popping-all are sounds reminiscent of bygone days in aviation, when the engine was every bit as exciting as the airplane it powered. These sounds of yesteryear, except in a few rare instances where the aircraft and engine are preserved and operated, are merely fond memories. We can't reproduce the sounds but we have reproduced the historical information about these engines and offer it to you in this Guide to Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines."

Contents: Includes specifications and information about engines from the follosing "Aircraft Engine Manufacturers: Aero Development Company Air Craft Engine Corporation Aircraft Holding Corporation Alliance Aircraft Corporation American Cirrus Engines, Incorporated American Eagle Aircraft Corporation Axelson Aircraft Engine Company Bliss, E. W., Company Century Rotary Motors Corporation Comet Engine Corporation Continental Aircraft Engine Company Crosley Aircraft Company Curtiss Airplane & Motor Corporation Dayton Airplane Engine Company Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corporation General Airmotors Company, Incorporated Irwin Aircraft Corporation Kimball Aircraft Corporation Kinner Airplane & Motor Company Lambert Aircraft Engine Corporation LeBlond Aircraft Engine Corporation Light Mfg. & Foundry Co. Lycoming Manufacturing Company MacClatchie Manufacturing Company Michigan Aero-Engine Corporation Packard Motor Car Company Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corporation Rocky Mountain Steel Products, Incorporated Shaw-Palmer-Bakewell Company Siemens & Halske A. G. Szekely Aircraft & Engine Company Warner Aircraft Corporation Wright Aeronautical Corporation Wright-Tuttle Aircraft Motors Corporation"