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Aircraft Manufacturer and 7-Cylinder Comet Engine
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Left side view of the 7-cylinder Comet engine fitted to the nose of an aircraft under construction. The fuselage is standing on the factory floor. A work table and exit doors to the outside are in the background.
July 22, 1929
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W012I2A
WHi 132999
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7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine
July 22, 1929
Profile view of a 7-cylinder Comet air-cooled radial piston engine, designed by the Comet Engine Corporation on an unidentified make of aircraft at the Oakland landing strip. The photograph picture...
7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine
circa 1930-1939
Abstract profile of a 7-cylinder Comet airplane engine without a propeller. It was designed by the Comet Engine Corporation.
7-Cylinder Comet Engine Crankcase
July 22, 1929
Crankcase for the 7-cylinder Comet engine that shows how it was built in two sections united by seven through bolts as well as by seven cylinder flanges.
7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine
January 24, 1930
View from front of a 7-cylinder Comet airplane engine undergoing assembly. The engine is mounted to a wooden stand, located in a brick manufacturing building, and shows its crankcase and component ...
Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines
November 7, 1929
Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines under the skylights. A Gisholt lathe is prominently pictured second from left. Other machinery is by Whit...
Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines
November 1929
Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines, including Landis, Whitcomb Manufacturing Company and Gisholt. Men are working in the background (blurred...
