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Airplanes -- Motors -- Design and construction

 Subject
Subject Source: World Cat Fast Authority File

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

The Curtiss D-12 Aero Engine [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 7], 1972

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 081, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 no. 7
Identifier: 20212026
Scope and Contents Document Type: Publication (Historical Study). Purpose: Scholarly reference. Authority: Author Expertise. Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, #7.Scope (from the introduction): "The D-12 engine is an excellent example of a first-line design in the history of aero engine development. It was the result not only of brilliant inspiration but of patient application, perseverance, and hard work on the part of its developers. To understand the origins of the D-12 it is...
Dates: Publication: 1972

The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 5], 1971

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 080, Call No.: TBD
Identifier: 20160503
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Publication (Historical Study). Purpose: Scholarly reference. Authority: Author Expertise. Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, No. 5.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1971