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Ford Trimotor interior. In the early 1920s, Henry Ford, along with a group of 19 others including his son Edsel, invested in the Stout Metal Airplane Company.Stout, a bold and imaginative salesman, sent a mimeographed form letter to leading manufacturers, blithely asking for $1,000 with the line, "For your one thousand dollars you will get one definite promise: You will never get your money ...
Model number Odd numbers for the United States Air Force and even numbers for the United States Navy. For example, the TF39-GE-1C is a Turbofan built by General Electric and was an Air Force model, which has powered the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and the Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-414A is a turbofan built by Pratt & Whitney and was a Navy model, which has powered the Grumman F-14A Tomcat.
1997–2021Triton V10—6.8 L SOHC 90° Modular V10 truck engine; 1999–2005 Ford-Cosworth JD / VJ engine (Formula One engine) 1999–2005 Ford-Cosworth CR engine (Formula One engine) 2001 5.8 L DOHC 90° Modular V10, 4 valves/cyl. (Experimental). Ford Powertrain Division. [4]
B Bailey Bailey C-7-R "Bull's Eye" 1927 = 140 hp 7RA. Bailey Aviation Main article: Bailey Aviation Bailey B200 Bailey Hornet Bailey V5 engine Baradat–Esteve (Claudio Baradat Guillé & Carlos Esteve) Baradat toroidal engine Basse und Selve Main article: Basse und Selve Basse und Selve BuS. 120 hp (125 mm × 160 mm (4.9 in × 6.3 in) 120-130 hp) Basse und Selve BuS.III 150 hp Basse und Selve ...
D-CAAA to D-CZZZ for aircraft with 5.7–14 t MTOW; D-EAAA to D-EZZZ for single-engine aircraft up to 2 t MTOW; D-FAAA to D-FZZZ for single-engine aircraft with 2–5.7 t MTOW; D-GAAA to D-GZZZ for multi-engine aircraft up to 2 t MTOW; D-HAAA to D-HZZZ for rotorcraft; D-IAAA to D-IZZZ for multi-engine aircraft with 2–5.7 t MTOW
The Ford GAA engine is an American all-aluminum 32-valve DOHC 60-degree gasoline-fueled liquid-cooled V8 internal combustion engine with a flat-plane crank. It was designed and produced by the Ford Motor Company before and during World War II.
For example: the -18W was a "C" series engine, built from 1945, whereas the -21 was a "B" series engine, built from 1943. Until 1940 the armed forces adhered strictly to the convention that engines built for the Army Air Forces used engine model numbers with odd numeric suffixes (e.g.: -5), while those built for the US Navy used even (e.g.: -8).
Liberty L-12 aircraft engine Type Piston aero engine: National origin: United States of America: Manufacturer Lincoln, Ford, Packard, Marmon, Buick: Designer Jesse G. Vincent and Elbert J. Hall: First run c. 1917 Number built: 20,748 Variants Liberty L-4, Liberty L-6, Liberty L-8