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7-RA Comet Engine on Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft

Date: 04 22 1930
Description: Front view of a Alexander Eaglerock A-12 aircraft fitted with the 7-RA Comet air-cooled radial piston engine with seven cylinders. The fixed-wing plane sit...
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Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger with Comet Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Left side profile view of a 7-cylinder Comet air-cooled radial piston engine and propeller on a Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger aircraft. A design of the Co...
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Aircraft Manufacturer and 7-Cylinder Comet Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: 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 t...
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7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: 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 Oak...
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Thaden T-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-D Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Right side profile view of the front of a Comet 7-D air-cooled radial piston engine and wooden propeller on a Thaden T-2 aircraft. A design of the Comet En...
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Lawson Air Liner Tail Structure Close-up

Date: 1919
Description: Close-up of the interior structure of a Lawson Air Liner tail assembly.
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Men Pushing Lawson Air Liner Near Hangar

Date: 1919
Description: Men pushing on the wings of a Lawson Air Liner outdoors near a hangar.
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Thaden T-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-D Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Thaden T-2 parked outdoors. Manufactured by the Thaden Metal Aircraft Company of San Francisco, California. The com...
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Sierra BLW-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-RA Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: View towards the front of a Sierra BLW-2 aircraft, fitted with a Comet 7-RA air-cooled radial piston engine and a wooden Westinghouse Micarta propeller. Mo...
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Alfred Lawson Comparing Palmer and Goodyear Cord Aero Tyres

Date: 1920
Description: Alfred Lawson standing behind a Palmer cord aero tyre, which is sitting next to a smaller Goodyear cord tire. The smaller Goodyear tire was used for Lawson...
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Lawson Air Liner Under Construction

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior plates being attached to a Lawson Air Liner. Two men are crouching underneath the cockpit.
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Bellanca CH Sitting in Field

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Description: Three-quarter left side view from rear of front section of a Bellanca CH Pacemaker, showing arrangement of doors and windows. The cabin monoplane seats six...
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Fairchild Model 61

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Description: Three-quarter front right view of a Fairchild Model 61 (built with Wasp engine) sitting on a runway. The left wing is folded back against the tail, a featu...
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Lawson Air Liner Tail Assembly Structure Close-up

Date: 1919
Description: Close-up view of the tail assembly (empennage) of a Lawson Air Liner, with the fins and tail skid attached.
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Lawson M.T.2 Tail Assembly Structure

Date: 1917
Description: Close-up of the empennage (tail assembly) of the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2). Exterior plates have not yet been attached.
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Bach 3-CT-4 with Comet 7-RA Engines

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Front view of a trimotor Bach 3-CT-4 manufactured by the Bach Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, California. The company was formed in 1927 by L. Morton Bac...
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Bach 3-CT-4 with Comet 7-RA Engines

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Three-quarter view from front left towards a trimotor Bach 3-CT-4 manufactured by the Bach Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, California. The company was fo...
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Hamilton H-47

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Description: Right side view of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 parked near a large building. The airplane is equipped with a 525 hp Pratt & Whitney Hornet engine. The tail ...
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Hamilton Metalplane H-47

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Description: Three-quarter from left rear of the tail end of a Hamilton Metalplane H-47 parked near a large building. The tail identifier reads: "134 E." The airplane i...
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Sikorsky S-37-1 Guardian

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Description: Left side view of a Sikorsky S-37-1 Guardian sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "1283."There are automobiles parked near buildings in the back...

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