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Curtiss Four-Cylinder

Published April 07, 2015

DAYTON, Ohio -- Curtiss four-cylinder engine on display in the Early Years Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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DAYTON, Ohio -- Curtiss four-cylinder engine on display in the Early Years Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Curtiss four-cylinder, water-cooled engine used in the 1908 Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1. Developing about 25 hp, it drove a tubular steel shaft 22 feet long on which was mounted a wooden propeller designed by Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge. In the official speed trial, the Baldwin airship reached 19.61 mph. The engine is on loan from the National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

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