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2. Laird Super Solution - Wikipedia

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   The Laird LC-DW300 and LC-DW500 Super Solution aka "Sky Buzzard" was a racing biplane built in the early 1930s by Matty Laird for the Cleveland Speed Foundation, Laird was already famous in the air racing circuit. It had a large radial engine and an extremely faired windshield.

3. Turbo-compound engine - Wikipedia

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   Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone Turbo-Compound radial engine.. The first aircraft engine to be tested with a power-recovery turbine was the Rolls-Royce Crecy.This was used primarily to drive a geared centrifugal supercharger, although it was also coupled to the crankshaft and gave an extra 15 to 35 percent fuel economy.

4. Super 35 - Wikipedia

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   Comparing the film area of Super 35 (framed for 2.39) to CinemaScope, standard widescreen and Techniscope. Super 35 (originally known as Superscope 235) is a motion picture film format that uses exactly the same film stock as standard 35 mm film, but puts a larger image frame on that stock by using the space normally reserved for the optical analog sound track.

5. Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone - Wikipedia

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   With Pratt & Whitney starting development of their own 2,800 in 3 (46 L) displacement 18-cylinder, twin-row radial as the R-2800 Double Wasp in 1937, Wright's first R-3350 prototype engines with a 3,350 in 3 (54.9 L) displacement were run in May of the same year. Development was slow, due to the complexity, and the R-2600 receiving development ...

6. Ayres Thrush - Wikipedia

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   Early Snow S-2A of 1959 with open cockpit and roll-over protection bar at Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 1997, in pseudo-USAAF markings. The Thrush, designed by Leland Snow, first flew in 1956 and before long was being produced in series as the S-2 by the company he founded, Snow Aeronautical. [1]

7. Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation - Wikipedia

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   The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is an American ... The XC-69 was equipped with four Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines instead of the Wright R-3350s used ...

8. The Spring League - Wikipedia

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   The Spring League (TSL) was an American football developmental league and scouting event (pro showcase) that played from 2017 to 2021 and was founded by Brian Woods. Aimed at professional athletes but not paying a salary or expenses, the league's goal was to "serve as an instructional league and showcase for professional football talent".

9. Turbocharger - Wikipedia

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   [7] [8] [9] This patent was for a compound radial engine with an exhaust-driven axial flow turbine and compressor mounted on a common shaft. [10] [11] The first prototype was finished in 1915 with the aim of overcoming the power loss experienced by aircraft engines due to the decreased density of air at high altitudes.