X-Nico

unusual facts about aircraft engines



Secqueville-Hoyau

Alfred Secqueville and Gaston Hoyau established their business at Gennevilliers in 1911 as a producer of aircraft engines and propellers.


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.300 Remington American Magnum

Additionally, "RAM" alludes to the speeds attained by Ramjet aircraft engines.

AEKKEA-RAAB

Residents of Moschato described seeing truckloads of aircraft parts leaving the factory, obviously heading to ships destined for Spain, while others complained for the continuous noise made during testing of aircraft engines in the factory.

Chevrolet Corvair engine

The flat horizontally opposed ("flat engine") air-cooled engine design, previously used by Volkswagen, Panhard, Citroën and Porsche as well as Lycoming and Continental aircraft engines, offered many advantages.

Continental Motors

Continental Motors, Inc., formerly Teledyne Continental Motors, spun off from Continental Motors to produce aircraft engines, still operating

Fábrica Nacional de Motores

Initially the company produced American Curtiss-Wright aircraft engines under license along with ammunition, bicycles, spindles and refrigerators.

Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing

With an overview of the evolution of air power such as aircraft engines, stealth, avionics, sensors, and onboard displays, it also briefly introduces the B-2 Spirit and the F-22 Raptor.

Harold Gardner

He was a master mechanic and machinist who worked for IBM, Endicott Johnson, City of Binghamton, and Link Aviation as well as Pratt-Whitney during the Second World War, troubleshooting aircraft engines.

Mabel H. Grosvenor

As a secretary and note taker to the scientist she took dictation as he explored genetics, genealogy, telecommunications and marine architecture in the form of the world's fastest boat, the HD-4, a hydrofoil propelled by two of the most powerful aircraft engines and propellers then available.

Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

The French firm of Hispano-Suiza was a manufacturer of aircraft engines, and it marketed the moteur-canon combination of its 12X and 12Y engines with a H.S.7 or H.S.9 cannon installed between the cylinder banks.

Operation Bowery

on a high speed run to Malta, carrying, apart from food and general stores, 100 spare Merlin aircraft engines and RAF ground crews trained on Spitfires.

Weller Flugzeugbau

The company has done contract specialized welding for automotive companies, including DaimlerChrysler, Porsche and BMW as well as work for aircraft manufacturers, including Scheibe Flugzeugbau and Sauer aircraft engines, and aviation museums, such as the Musée de l'Air, Deutsches Museum and the Technikmuseum Speyer.

William McAloney

His duties were expanded with his March 1941 promotion to include the overhaul, inspection and testing of both the Kestrel and Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engines.