In this second number of the <i>Smithsonian Annals of Flight</i>, Robert B. Meyer Jr., curator and head of the flight propulsion division, tells the story of the first oil-burning engine to power an airplane, the Packard ...
In this first number of the <b>Smithsonian Annals of Flight</b>, Louis S. Casey, Curator and Head of the Flight Craft Division, tells of the first successful nonstop coast-to-coast flight?that of the historic T-2 airplane ...
The engines about which this paper is written are called "Liberty." They came in series of 4, 6, 8, and 12 cylinders and were developed for interchangeability of parts and ease of production. Without doubt, the ...
In this fifth number of <I>Smithsonian Annals of Flight</I> Leonard S. Hobbs analyzes the original Wright Kitty Hawk Flyer engine from the point of view of an aeronautical engineer whose long experience in the development ...