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All Awhirl: Rotary Engines Still Soaring High

Restored World War I fighter planes provide enthusiasts 'wildest stick-and-rudder experience' The post All Awhirl: Rotary ...
Tom Kozura's New Year's Resolution probably reads a bit differently from the rest of ours: "Make significant progress on building an authentic reproduction of a World ...
At Old Rhinebeck Airdrome in Red Hook, New York, sits one of the premier collections of vintage aircraft in the United States. Director of Maintenance Mark Mondello is one of the key people ...
The legend that Sopwith Camel pilots preferred making 270-degree left turns to avoid the difficulty of making 90-degree right turns is largely due to the aircraft's rotary engine's gyroscopic effect.
Comstock Park — A Sopwith Camel crashed somewhere between Lincoln and Felsted in eastern England on Aug. 24, 1917. The fighter plane was en route to the Western Front. Tom Kozura has the proof. The ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Single-engine, single-seat, British-built World War I biplane fighter; 230 horsepower Bentley B.R.2 engine; Olive drab ...