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Tillamook Air Museum: Aircraft engines (photo diary) [1]
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Date: 2025-01-03
Tillamook Air Museum, housed in a World War II Navy Blimp Hanger in Tillamook, Oregon, has an exhibit of aircraft engines.
Shown above is a Pratt & Whitney J-52. First run in 1955, this turbojet engine was developed for the United States Navy. Approximately 5,000 were produced.
Shown above is a Westinghouse J-34. First run in 1947. This engine is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
Shown above is a General Electric T-64, which was originally designed as a helicopter engine.
Shown above is a Lycoming T-53, a turboshaft engine for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft which was designed in the 1950s.
Shown above is a General Electric T-58 turboshaft engine that was first run in 1955. Over 6,000 of these engines were produced. This engine is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
Shown above is an Allison V-1710, a World War II liquid-cooled, 12-cylinder, inline engine. Over 69,000 of these engines were produced.
Shown above is a Ranger V-770, an inverted air-cooled, 12-cylinder engine which was first run in 1931.
According to the Museum:
“Though a large number of Ranger V-770s were built, the engine was found to be unreliable, having problems with overheating at slow speeds and so was not manufactured in any great quantity.”
Shown above is a Franklin B9F, an air-cooled, 6-cylinder engine that was first run in 1945.
Shown above is a Continental O-470, a 6-cylinder engine developed in the late 1940s and manufactured from 1953 to 1986. This engine is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
Shown above is a Pratt & Whitney R-1830, a 14-cylinder, air-cooled engine which first run in 1932. This engine was used in many World War II airplanes. This engine is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
Shown above is a Hispano-Suiza, a World War I V-8, liquid-cooled engine which was used by French, British, Russian, and American aircraft. It was manufactured in Barcelona, Spain.
Shown above is a Curtiss OX-5, a liquid-cooled V-8 which was first run in 1915. It powered the iconic Curtiss JN4 “Jenny.” It generated 90 hp and nearly 13,000 were produced.
Shown above is a Lawrence A-3, a 2-cylinder engine developed by Charles Lawrence about 1916. Some 450 of these engines were manufactured under license by the Auto Cycle Motor Mfg. & Supply Company of Chicago, Illinois. It was used to power several difference aircraft, including the Breese Penguin, the Driggs Dart, the Swanson SS-3, and the Waco Cootie. It generated 28 hp.
Shown above is a Wright R-1820 Cyclone, a 9-cylinder, air-cooled engine which generated 1,525 hp. This engine is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
Unidentified engines
Propellers
Note: These photographs were taken on October 24, 2024.
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