William Pearce [email protected] January 2012 The image that started my quest: the complicated Vee of the Duesenberg Model H aircraft engine (Martt Clupper photo via AirPigz, www.airpigz.com).

Oct 14, 2014 · Not only was it one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built, the Sabre-powered Fury proved to be the highest performance piston-engine aircraft built by Hawker. The 24-cylinder Napier Sabre engine was a horizontal H layout with two crankshafts.

The data plate on a King-Bugatti engine baring the manufacturing number J.60 and indicating it was built on January 15, 1919, over two months after the Duesenberg/King-Bugatti contract was cancelled by the U.S. government.

Apr 20, 2017 · The Allison V-3420 24-cylinder engine was more than just two coupled V-1710s. The large engine showed promise, but other priorities and a lack of aircraft applications regulated the V-3420 to obscurity.

Jan 22, 2015 · The King-Bugatti engine was installed in three LUSAC-21 airframes. While the first aircraft flew in November 1918, it is doubtful the others were ever flown…

In 1948, the largest radial piston engine ever produced entered airline service, the mighty 3,500-hp 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-4360; it is one of 12 different radial engines covered...

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Apr 4, 2019 · In 1948, the largest radial piston engine ever produced entered airline service, the mighty 3,500-hp 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-4360; it is one of 12 different radial engines covered in-depth by the authors of this book.