National Air and Space Museum Engine Display
Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center

 


Photos by John Fowler


 

Photos by Steven Brown and Kimble D. McCutcheon

 

 

Photos by Mike Smith

 

Engines at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 2003

No. Engine Date   No. Engine Date
1 Curtiss A-2 V-2 1909   22 Salmson 9AD 1930
2 Wright Vertical 4 1910   23 Warner Scarab 110 1930
3 Bates Model 2B 2-Cylinder Opposed 1910   24 ERCO I-L 116 In-Line 4 1940
4 Dutheil-Chalmers 2-Cylinder Opposed 1910   25 Lycoming 0-145-B2 1940
5 Taft-Peirce Two-Stroke V-8 1911   26 Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp R-2000 1940
6 Murray Rotary 6 1911   27 Wright Cyclone GR-3350 1940
7 Curtiss Model K In-Line 4 1912   28 Allison V1710-33 1940
8 Hall Scott A-1 In-Line 4 1912   29 Junkers Jumo 004 B4 1942
9 Le Rhone Model J Rotary 9 1915   30 Westinghouse 9.5A (J32-WE-2) 1944
10 Curtiss 0X-5 V-8 1916   31 Naval Technical Arsenal Ne-20 1945
11 Benz BZ-4S In-Line 6 1918   32 Aichi Atsuta 31, Ha 60 Model 31 1945
12 Ford Liberty 12 Model A 1918   33 Packard (Rolls-Royce) Merlin V-1650-7 1945
13 Hispano-Suiza Model 8 Ca V-8 1918   34 Lycoming XR-7755-3 1945
14 King-Bugatti U-16 1918   35 Napier Nomad II Model E 145 1947
15 Lawrance L-3 Radial 3 1920   36 Continental J69-T-25A 1955
16 Bristol Jupiter VIIIF 1927   37 Lycoming T-53-L-1 (LTC1B-1) 1960
17 Heath-Henderson B-4 In-Line 4 1928   38 Lycoming PLF1A-2 1964
18 Lycoming R-680-BA 1930   39 Wright Aeronautical Wankel RC2-60 Rotary 1965
19 Napier Lion W-12 1930   40 AlliedSignal TFE731 1970
20 Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. R-985-AN-14B 1930   41 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 1970
21 Pratt & Whitney Hornet R-1860-B 1930   42 Teledyne CAE J402-CA-400 1975

 


 

Aircraft Propulsion Artifacts Case
Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 2003

 

Engine Starter Hand Crank
Ford Tri-Motor U.S., 1928
Engine Starter Hand Crank
U.S., 1935. Owned by air racer Roscoe Turner.
Breech Mechanism for Cartridge-Type Starter
Eclipse Aviation Corp., U.S., World War II
Starter Cartridge
U.S., World War II
Type AK11 Two-Cycle Starter Engine
Junkers Jumo 004 Turbojet, Germany, World War II
Bosch Type AL/SED-AR1 Hand/Inertia Engine Starter
Germany, World War II
Starter Engaging Mechanism ,Cutaway
Rolls-Royce Dart Turboprop, Great Britain, 1950s
Starter Motor and Solenoid
Bijur Motor Appliance Co., Liberty 12 Engine, U.S., World War I
Piston, Le Rhone Model C
France, World War I
Piston, Wright R-3350
U.S., 1940s
Piston, Pratt & Whitney R-1340
U.S., 1930s
Connecting Rod, Langley-Manly-Balzer Radial Engine
U.S., 1903
Piston and Connecting Rod
Curtiss Engines, U.S., 1908
Gift of Gould Dietz
Piston and Connecting Rod
Oberursel UR IIIa Rotary Engine
Germany, World War I
Connecting Rods
Daimler-Benz DB 600 Series Engine
Germany, World War II
Connecting Rod Assembly
Brownback C-400 Six-Cylinder Radial Engine
U.S., 1920s
Curtiss OX-5 V-8 Crankshaft
U.S., World War I
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp Crankshaft
U.S., World War II
Compressor Turbine Wheel Assembly
Rolls-Royce Dart Turboprop, Great Britain, 1950s
Experimental Valves, Valve Seats, and Pistons
U.S., 1920-1940
These objects are from the experimental laboratory of Samuel D. Heron, aeronautical engine and fuels pioneer.
Wright Vertical In-Line 4 Cylinder
U.S., 1908
Langley-Manly-Balzer Radial 5 Cylinder
U.S., 1903
Hall-Scott A-5 In-Line 6-Cylinder
U.S., 1912
Beardmore In-Line 6-Cylinder
Great Britain, World War I
Liberty 12 Model A V-12 Cylinder
U.S., World War I. Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
Union In-Line 6-Cylinder
U.S., 1917
Le Rhone Model C Rotary 9-Cylinder, France, World War I
Damaged in combat (note bullet hole) while in a Lafayette Escadrille aircraft.
Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Radial 9-Cylinder
U.S., 1930s
Lycoming R-680 Radial 9-Cylinder
U.S., 1930s
Lawrance Model 20A Auxiliary Power Plant Cylinder
U.S., 1940s
Wright Cyclone R-3350 Turbo Compound Radial 18 Cylinder
U.S., 1950s
Water Pump, Curtiss OX-5 V-8
U.S., World War I
Type C-7 Fuel Pump Cutaway
Pump Engineering Service Corp. (PESCO), U.S., 1930s
Hydraulic Oil Pump
Pump Engineering Service Corp. (PESCO), U.S., 1930s-1940s
Gear-Type Oil Pump Cutaway
Pump Engineering Service Corp. (PESCO), U.S., 1930s-1940s
Type B-1A Vacuum Pump Cutaway
Pump Engineering Service Corp. (PESCO), U.S., 1930s
Fuel Pump Cutaway
General Electric J33 Turbojet
U.S., World War II
Model 2 Ko Vacuum Pump
Tokyo Instrument Manufacturing Co.
Japan, World War II
Fuel Injector Pump Cutaway
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co.
Japan, World War II
Piston-Type, Engine-Driven Oil Pump
Italy, World War II
Model PW-34 Propeller Governor
Woodward Governor Co., U.S., 1934
Constant-Speed Propeller Governor Cutaway
Hamilton Standard Propellers, U.S., 1940
Curtiss Electric Propeller Brush Block
U.S., World War II
Model 2 Electric Propeller Governor
Japan, World War II
Hamilton Standard Controllable-Pitch Propeller Cutaway
U.S., 1930s
Generator Impeller
American Propeller and Manufacturing Co.
U.S., World War I
Generator Impeller, Liberty
Hartzell Walnut Propeller Co.
U.S., World War I
Mea BH4 Magneto
Germany, 1900s
Splitdorf Dixie 1200 Magneto,Liberty 12
U.S., 1920s
Scintilla V-AG9-D Magneto, Wright J-5
U.S., 1930s
Bosch ZM14C Cutaway, BMW 801A, 801C
Germany, World War II
NACA Roots-Type Model 2 Supercharger
Allison Engineering Co., U.S., 1930s
Supercharger Impeller
Wright R-1820, U.S., World War II
Wright WT-94 Turbosupercharger
Wright R-1820, U.S., 1943
Centrifugal Supercharger, Daimler-Benz DB 605
Germany, World War II
Power Recovery Turbine, Wright R-3350 Turbo Compound
U.S., 1940s-1950s
Type C-Series Turbosupercharger Cutaway
General Electric, U.S., World War II
Puddle Carburetor, Curtiss Engines
U.S., 1900s
Stromberg PR100-E2 Four-Throat Pressure Injection Carburetor
Pratt & Whitney R-4360, U.S., 1940s-1950s
Zenith Two-Throat, Float-Type Carburetor
Curtiss OX-5, U.S., 1910s-1930s
Zenith Two-Throat, Float-Type Carburetor
Liberty-12, U.S., World War I
Bendix Model PR58P3 Two-Throat Pressure Carburetor
Wright Cyclone R-3350-75, U.S., World War II
Stromberg Type NA-R-6 Single-Throat, Float-Type Carburetor
Continental R-670, U.S., 1930s
Maybach MB-IVa Engine Carburetor
Germany, World War I
Holley Automatic Variable Venturi Pressure Carburetor Cutaway
Wright R-1820, U.S., World War II
C-3 Fuel Strainer Cutaway
Lunkenheimer Co., .S., 1930s-1940s
Fuel Control Valve Cutaway
Altitude Compensator, G.E. I-16 Turbojet
U.S., World War II
9011G-1 Kommandogerät Engine Control
Junkers Jumo 213 Inverted V-12
Germany, World War II
Jet Fuel Control Cutaway
Pratt & Whitney J-57 Turbojet, Hamilton Standard Corp.
U.S., 1950s
Fuel Injection Pump, Junkers Jumo 211
Germany, World War II
9-2274K-1 Fuel Injection Pump, Daimler-Benz DB 600 Series
Germany, World War II
 

 

Tools and Tool Kits
Daimler-Benz DB 601
Germany, World War II
Liberty 12 Model A
Kennedy Manufacturing Co., U.S., World War I
General Electric T700 Turboshaft
U.S., 1970s
Aichi Atsuta Inverted V-12
Japan, World War II
Pratt & Whitney Wasp R-1340
U.S., 1927
Camshaft and Magneto Timing Degree Wheel
Hispano-Suiza V-8, U.S., World War I

 

Engine Data Plates and Manufacturers’ Emblems
Allison V-3420
U.S., World War II
Allison V-1710
U.S., World War II
Employee Badge
ircooled Motors Corp., U.S., World War II
Liberty-12 Aircraft Engine Model A
U.S., World War I
CECO Carburetor
Chandler-Evans Corp., U.S., World War II
Water Injection Regulator
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, U.S., World War II
Emblem, BMW 801C Radial
Germany, World War II
Emblem, Wright Aircraft Engines
U.S., World War II
Emblem, Lawrance Engineering and Research Corp.
U.S., 1930s-1940s
Takeoff and Landing Checklist License Plate Tag, Ranger Engines
U.S., World War II
Employee Badge
Curtiss Motor Co., U.S., 1920s
New Employee Badge
Allison Engineering Co., U.S., 1930s
Employee Badge
Aircraft Hardware Manufacturing Co., U.S., World War II
Employee Badge
Hartzell Industries, U.S., World War II
Employee Badges
Thompson Products, Inc., U.S., World War II
Decal, Continental Motors
U.S., 1930s, A20020512000
License Plate Tag, Kinner Engines
U.S., World War II
Employee Badge
Ranger Aircraft Engines, .S., World War II
Visitor Badge
Packard Motor Car Co., U.S., World War II
Visitor Badge
Jacobs Aircraft Engine Co., U.S., World War II
License Plate Tag
Lycoming Division of Aviation Manufacturing Corp., U.S., World War II
Decal
Curtiss Electric Propellers, U.S., World War II
Employee Badge
Curtiss-Wright Propeller Div., U.S., World War II

 

Spark Plugs
Champion
U.S., Pre-1935
Ponsot (Bethlehem)
U.S., Pre-1935
Ideal
U.S., Pre-1935
Mosler "Vesuvius"
U.S., Pre-1935
Mosler "Airplane 775"
U.S., 1917
H.M.S. "Bulldog"
Great Britain, Pre-1935
A. Mozzer "Soot-Proof Torpedo"
U.S., Pre-1935
Reflex
U.S., 1910
Splitdorf
U.S., Pre-1935
Splitdorf
U.S., Pre-1935
B.G. Model 706 and Box
U.S., Pre-1935
Bethlehem Aviation/Silvex
U.S., Pre-1935
A.C.
U.S., Pre-1935
DOM
U.S., Pre-1935
Bethlehem Aviation
U.S., Pre-1935
312 H-T and Box
U.S., Pre-1935
B.G. Model 314-GS
U.S., Pre-1935
Mosler
U.S., Pre-1935
Jewel Incorporated
U.S., 1904
Infinite Spark
U.S., Pre-1935
437 H-T
U.S., Pre-1935
Champion R-1
U.S., Pre-1935
Champion AY-4
U.S., Post-1935
Champion C 26 and Box
U.S., Post-1935
Champion Type C34S and Paper Storage Tube
U.S., Post-1935
A.C. VS86 and Aluminum Storage Tube
U.S., World War II
Type Y1 and Paper Storage Tube
Japan, World War II
Flint L-26 and Box
U.S., Post-1935
Champion C34S Cutaway
U.S., Post-1935. Gift of Ethyl Corporation
Spark Plug Shield
American Bosch Magneto Corp., U.S., 1929
  Rajah "Pasha" and Box
U.S., 1910s