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Airplanes -- Motors -- History

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 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 First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 2], 1964

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 077, Call No.: TBD
Identifier: 20160501
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Publication (Historical Study). Purpose: Scholarly reference. Authority: Author Expertise. Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, No. 2.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1964

The Liberty Engine: 1918 - 1942 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 3], 1968, 1978

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 078, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 vol. 1, no. 3
Identifier: 20212030
Scope and Contents Document Type: Publication (Historical Study). Purpose: Scholarly reference. Authority: Author Expertise. Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3.Scope (from the foreword): "In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum."...
Dates: Publication: 1968; Issued: 1978

The Liberty Engine: 1918 - 1942 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 3], 1968, 1978

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 079, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 vol. 1, no. 3 C.2
Identifier: 20160502
Scope and Contents Document Type: Publication (Historical Study). Purpose: Scholarly reference. Authority: Author Expertise. Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3.Scope (from the foreword): "In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum."...
Dates: Publication: 1968; Issued: 1978

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