The First Airplane Diesel Engine
Packard Model DR-980 of 1928
Meyer, Robert B. (Curator of Flight Propusion)
Smithonian Annals of Flight Volume 1 - Number 2
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
- History
Description
- Specifications
- Operating Cycles
- Weight-Saving Features
- Diesel Cycle Features
- Development
Comments
Analysis
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
Appendix
1. Agreement Between Hermann I. A. Dorner and Packard Motor Car Company
2. Packard to Begin Building Diesel Plane Engines Soon
3. Effect of Oxygen Boosting on Power and Weight
softcover, large format
48 Seiten / pages
many rare photographs of the engine, of it's components and of the airplanes with th engine installed
very good condition
Washington, D.C. - 1964 - Smithsonian Institution - National Air Museum
Art.Nr. 16566
