The First Airplane Diesel Engine, Packard Model DR-980 of 1928

Meyer, Robert B. (Curator of Flight Propusion)

Published by Smithsonian Institution - National Air Museum, Washington, D.C., 1964

About this Item

Smithonian Annals of Flight Volume 1 - Number 2 - - Contents - Acknowledgments - Foreword - Introduction - - History - Description - - Specifications - - Operating Cycles - - Weight-Saving Features - - Diesel Cycle Features - - Development - Comments - Analysis - - Advantages - - Disadvantages - Appendix - 1. Agreement Between Hermann I. A. Dorner and Packard Motor Car Company - 2. Packard to Begin Building Diesel Plane Engines Soon - 3. Effect of Oxygen Boosting on Power and Weight 48 p. many rare photographs of the engine, of it's components and of the airplanes with th engine installed.

Seller Inventory # 16566

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Airplane Diesel Engine, Packard Model DR-980 of 1928
• Publisher: Smithsonian Institution - National Air Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 1964
• Binding: softcover, large format
• Condition: very good condition