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2000
H.P
Wright
Duplex-Cyclone
Description
The
world’s
largest
and
most
powerful
air
cooled
airplane
engine
, the
new
18
cylinder
2000
H.P
.
Wright
Duplex-Cyclone
, was
announced
Monday
by the
War
department
and
is
being
inspected
here by
(left
to
right)
VP
George
Chapline
,
Chief
Engineer
P.B
.
Taylor
and
VP
and
General
Manager
M.B
.
Gordon
of the
Wright
Aeronautical
Corporation
,
which
built
it
.
It
is
a
500
H.P.
, a
more
powerful
rating
ever
accorded
an
American
built
air
cooled
radial
engine
by the
Civil
Aeronautics
Authority
.
Paving
the
way
for
larger
and
faster
commercial
and
military
planes
,
it
was
developed
secretly
with the
cooperation
of
U.S
.
Army
Air
Corps
engineers
during
the
last
two
years
and
is
a
double
row
air
cooled
radial
type
with
18
cylinder
arranged
in
two
rows
of
9
cylinders
each
or
virtually
two
9
cylinder
engines
built
on
one
crank
case
and
using
a
common
crankshaft
.
Two
of the
engines
powered
the
new
long-range
Consolidated
Flying
Boat
which
made
its
first
flight
last
week
on the
Pacific
Coast
with
52
passengers
and a
crew
of
five
. The
U.S
.
Army
Air
Corps
will
display
the
new
power
plant
to the
public
for the
first
time
in its
exhibit
in the
Aviation
Building
which
opens
Saturday
at the
New
York
World’s
Fair
.
Creator
Curtiss-Wright
Corporation
Date
1939-05-16
Original collection
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America - Nation's Business Photograph Collection
Accession number
1993.230
Hagley ID
PC20110519_864.tif
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