Aircraft Engines

This page contains close-ups of the engine compartment of some aircrafts and engines on display stands. I can't stop marveling at the engineering prowess shown on some of them ! Hope you enjoy these pictures too...

P&W R-985 Wasp Jr cutaway from the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa, ON, Canada

From EAA's Museum in Oshkosh, WI:
Curtiss V-8 Menasco Super Buccaneer C6S-5 Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 Cam view Heinkel HE-5011	Daimler-Benz 605A End view General Electric I-16 Heinkel-Hirth He S 011 Leblond 5 cyl. Conner 3 cyl.
From the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA:
Piston engines: Allison V-1710 Argus AS-10 Continental R-670 Curtiss D-12 6-in line upright engine (help needed for this one) Small 2 cyl. flat engine (help needed for this one too) Franklin O-200 Liberty V-12 Lycoming O-145-A1 Packard V-1650 V-12 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Twin-Wasp Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Ranger straight 6 ??? Ranger 200 Straight 6 Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 Wright J-5 Wright R-1820 Cyclone	Jet Engines: Allison J33-A-35 Turbojet BMW 003-EI Axial Flow Turbojet GE J-31 - First US Jet Engine GE-J47 Turbojet GE J-79-3 Axial Flow Turbojet Klimov VK-1 Jet engine Lockheed L-1000 Axial Flow Turbojet Walters 109-500 A1 Jet pod ??? Turbojet Rocket Engines: Unknown type (help !) Walters 109-509 A W. Schmidding 105-513
From the Tillamook Museum, OR:
Piston Engines: Allison V1710 Cut-away view Another view Continental O470-11 Cut-away view Continental O470-4 Franklin B9-F Griffon Mk.58 Lawrence A-3 Merlin V-1650 P&W R-1830 Twin Wasp P&W R-2800 Double Wasp P&W R-4360 Wasp Major Accessory case Ranger V-770 Wright Hispano-Suiza 8A Wright R-1820 Cyclone	Jet Engines: GE J-34-WE32 Turbojet GE T-58-GE-8F Turboshaft GE T-64 Turboshaft Motorlet Walter M-701 Centrifugal Turbojet P&W J-52 Axial Flow Turbojet
From the CAF Museum at Camarillo, CA:
Allison V-1710 Continental C-40 Lycoming R-680-7	Ranger 440-C7 Ranger L440-3
From Canada's National Aviation Museum in Ottawa, ON:
Beardmore 160HP Bentley B.R.2 9 cyls rotating engine Curtiss 40HP (Silver Dart) Curtiss OX-5 Gibson 60HP Hall-Scott A-7A Horizontally opposed 2 cyls engine Napier Lion II Napier Sabre XII P & W R-985 AN-14B Wasp Jr. Renault Vee-8 80HP Rolls-Royce Eagle VII Rolls-Royce (Packard) Merlin 224 - 1620HP	Straight 6 with brass cylinders ? Wright Whirlwind cutaway Rolls-Royce Merlin 622 - 1760HP P & W 100 Turboprop P & W 120 Turboprop Oranda Iroquois Turbojet P & W J75-P3 Turbojet Unidentified Jet engine ? P & W JT8D-9A Turbofan P & W JT-13D Turbofan
From Seattle's Museum of Flight, WA:
Allison V1710 Propeller shaft end view Anzani 6 cylinders radial Beardmore 6 cylinders in-line Boeing 502-1-1 Turbine Boeing 502-10 Turbine Curtiss G6-A 6 cylinders in-line Curtiss OX-5 V-8 General Electric I-16 Jet engine Gnome N 9 cylinders Mono Soupape rotary Halscot A7-A 4 cylinders in-line Hispano-Suiza H V-8	Le Rhone Model J 9 cylinders rotary Cylinder head detail Liberty V-12 Pratt & Whitnet J-58 Turbo-ramjet Pratt & Whitney R-485 Wasp Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8W Double Wasp Cylinder cooling fins detail Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Rolls-Royce V1650-7 Merlin (Packard) Sturtevant 5 V-8 Walter HWK 109-509 rocket engine
From the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, in Addison, TX:
Franklin 4AC-150A Jacobs R-755-9 Gnome 9N	Rolls-Royce Merlin 63 Westinghouse J-30 Wright Cyclone R-1820-87
From the Hiller Museum in San Carlos, CA:
Allison V-1710 Valve train Allison Twin shaft Turbine T-40-A6 Gearbox Auxiliary Power Unit Continental TSOL-300 (water cooled - Condor) Ford Model T Conversion Fowler Wright Engine 30HP (1910) Franklin O-200 Franklin O-335-5 Hall-Scott A-7 100HP (1918) Exhaust stacks In restoration shop Ignition distributor detail Westinghouse J46-WE-8 (thanks for the info Jake)	Kemp Engine 30HP (Gonsalez Biplane) Loughead (1919 S-1 Biplane) McCulloch (Drone) Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Ranger SGV-770C1B Ranger 6-440 Ranger 6-440C-5 Robert 50HP Engine (1910) Rolls-Royce V-1650-7 Valve train Rotax 582 Velie M-5 1928 (Monocoupe) Warner Scarab 125HP 7 cyl. (Fairchild 24) On pallet 1909 Wright Engine Wright 975-7 Whirlwind
From the Wings over the Rockies Museum in Denver, CO:
Jet Engines: Auxiliary power unit GE J-35A-13D ? Jet engine Westinghouse J-46 Rocket Engines: Titan II Rocket, Stage 1 engine Front view Stage 2 engine - front Back	Piston Engines: Continental A-65-8 Curtiss C-6 Curtiss OX-5 Jacobs R755-9 Radial Lycoming 6 cyls
From the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA
Piston Engines: Allison V-1710 P & W R-2800 Double Wasp Rear view
From the SAC Museum in Ashland, NE:
Jet Engines: Allison T-56 Turboprop (C-130, E-2, P-3) GE J-47-GE-11 (F-86, B-36, B-45, B-47) GE J-73 Turbojet (F-86H) GE J-79 Turbojet (B-58, F-4, F-104) P&W JT-12A/J60 (T-39) P&W J-57 Turbojet (A-3, B-52, C-135, F-100, U-2) P&W J-58 Turbojet (YF-12A, SR-71, A-12) Rolls-Royce Olympus 301 Turbojet (Vulcan) Tumansky RF-11F-300 Turbojet (MiG-21)	Piston Engines: Allison V-1710 V-12 (P-39, P-40) P&W R-985 Wasp Jr. (BT-13, C-45, L-20A) P&W R-2800 Double Wasp (P-47, F8-F, F4-U, B-26) P&W R-4380 Wasp Major (B-29, B-36) Cut-away view Wright R-540 J-5 Wright R-1280-103 (H-21, CH-21)
From Pima Air & Space Museum, Tuscon, AZ:
Jet Engines: Allison J71-A-13 (B-66, F3H-2) Boeing T-50 BO-4, 1950 (QH-50) GE I-16 Turbojet (Bell P-59) Lycoming T-53 L-13 (AH-1S, UH-1, UH-1H,) Rolls-Royce RB-211 Turbofan (Airbus A-330) Rolls-Royce Mark 510 Dart (Viscount, Fokker F-22) Thiokhol YLR99-RM-1 Rocket engine (X-15) Westinghouse 19B "Yankee", 1948 (XP-79) Williams F-107 (Cruise missile) Piston Engines: Clerget 9B, 1917 (Sopwith Camel) Hall-Scott A7-A (MT-2, B-15, B-16 Blimps) Jacobs J-755, 1943 (UC-71, JRC-1, AT-27) Kinner K-5 Series II Radial (Fleet Model 2) Lycoming O-435 (L-4, L5B, U8-D) Lycoming R-680 (AT-9A)	Piston Engines (cont'd): McCulloch A-1020 Diesel Radial (Experimental) Menasco C6S-4, 1930 (Fairchild 22) Nakajima NK9K-S Momare 22 (A7M1) Nakajima NK1C Sakae (Zero, Kate) P&W R-985 Wasp Jr, 1933 (OS2U-1, L10-A, UC-43) P&W R-1340-AN Wasp (AT-6, SNJ) P&W R-2800 Double Wasp (P-47, F4U, C-46, C-54) P&W R-4360 Wasp Major (B-35, B-36, C-97, C-124) Ranger L-440 (PT-19, PT-26, J4F) Rheem S-10, 1938 Shvetsov ASh-62, 1955 (Antonov AN-2M) Szekely SR-3, 1930 (Taylor H-2 Cub) Wright R-975 Whirlwind, 1930 (BT-13) Wright R-1300 (T-28, H19) Wright R-2600 Cyclone (A-20, B-23, B-25, TBM) Wright R-3350 Cyclone 18 (B-29, B-32, C-119) Side view
From the CAF Arizona Wing, Mesa, AZ
Jet Engines: GE J-47 (F-86, B-36, B-45, B-47) GE J-79 Turbojet (B-58, F-4, F-104)	Piston Engines: Allison V-1710 (P-38, P-40) Continental R-670 (N3N) P&W R-1830 Twin-Wasp (B-25) P&W R-4360 Wasp Major (B-29, B-32) Righter 2GS-17 (QQ-3 Drone) Wright R-2600 Cyclone (B-25, TBM) Wright R-3350TC (C-121) Wright R-3350 (B-29, B-32)
From the Museum of Flight new galleries in Seattle, WA:
Jet Engines: GE I-16 Turbojet Junkers Jumo 004 Turbojet (Me-262) P&W J-58 JT-11D-20K Turbojet (SR-71) Hydraulics close-up Piston Engines: Allison V-1710 Anzani 6 cyls rotary Beardmore 6 cyls in-line Curtiss C-6A 6 cyls in-line Curtiss OX-5 V-12 Gnome Monosoupape Type N 9 cyls Rotary	Piston Engines (cont'd): Le Rhone Model J 9 cyls Rotary Cyl. head close-up Liberty V-12 P&W R-985 Wasp Jr. Cyl. head close-up P&W R-4360 Wasp Major Cut-away Cyl. head close-up Another cut-away Rolls-Royce V-1650-7 Merlin V-12 Sturtevant Model 5 Wright Flier engine casting
From the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, OR:
Jet Engines: Aerojet (Atlas rocket launcher) Close-up deHavilland Goblin Mk.3 (Vampire) P&W F-100-100 Turbofan (F-15) J58 JT-11D-20K Turbojet (SR-71) JT9D-7A (Boeing 747) Rolls-Royce 250-C28 (Jet Ranger)	Piston Engines: Allison V1710-111 (P-38) V1710-113 Curtiss OX-5 (Curtiss Jenny) deHavilland Gipsy Queen 70 Mk.2 Heath Henderson B-4 (CA-1A Parasol) LeRhone C9-J Rotary (Nieuport) Lycoming P&W R-4360 Wasp Major (Hughes H-4) R-4360 cut-away Salmson Radial Wright R-760-E2 Whirlwind (CW-15) R-1820 Cyclone (B-17G) Head fins detail

Jet Engines: BMW Jet Engine (Heinkel He-162a) F86-F GE Engine engine cut-away GE J-79S (Phantom F-4) Hwk-509 (Me-163B-1A) Hwk-509 (nozzle) Orenda Iroquois (Avro Arrow) intake J-58 on dolley (SR-71 Blackbird) J-58 afterburner J-58 intake J-58 plumbing maze GE Jet-Fan Jet-Fan intake GE RB-211 PW-120 Turbo-Prop PW JT-8D (Boeing 737-200) - Thanks Bert ! PW JT-13D PW J-75 (Voodoo) PW PT-6 (Twin Otter) Sea-King helicopter engine Unidentified Turbo-Prop Unidentified Turbo-Prop Piston Engines: Allison V1710 -1932 - 1200HP Allison V1710 -1932 - 1200HP V-12, 1200HP (P-38, P39, P40 & P63) V1710 (P39) Anson Engine Cowling Avro 504 Engine Beardmore Straight Six Beaver Engine Cowling Beaver Engine Cowling Beaver Engine Cowling Beech C-45 Engine Bentley 9 Cylinders Radial B-17G Wright Cyclone engine B-26 engine C-47 Engine (Puff the dragon) Continental O-200 Corsair Engine Cowling Cut-Away In-line Engine	Piston Engines (cont'd): Bristol Hercules, 14-cyl 2 rows, 1600 HP (Beaufighter) Curtiss V-8 Engine Curtiss V-12 Engine DC-3 Engine Cowling Eagle Straight Six FM-2 engine Gibson Straight Six Japanese Radial (Nakajima) Junkers Jumo-213 Inverted V-12 - 1939 - 1750HP (FW-190D) Jumo V-12 Kinner R5 Radial Lycoming Merlin V-12 Napier Lion II - W-12 Napier Sabre H-24 Napier Sabre H-24 Nieuport Engine Cowling Puma Straight Six (200 BHP) P&W R-985 Wasp Junior on bench P&W R-985 Wasp Junior P&W R-985 Wasp Junior P&W R-1340 Wasp P&W R-2800 Double Wasp 1939 - 2000HP (F4-U, P-47, P-61, A-26 & B-26) P&W R-4360 - Wasp Major 1939 -2700HP (F2-G, B-36, B-50 & Hughes HK-1) Engine front Cylinder heads Accessory case Without cowling Renault V-8 Rolls-Royce Merlin XX 1280HP (Hurricane, Spitfire) Sopwith Camel Engine Cowling T-28B Engine Cowling Unidentified Straight Six Wright Cyclone Radial 2000HP (B-25, SB2C, TBM) Wright Cyclone Radial 2500HP (B29, B32, C121 & C69) Wright Radial ? Busted Wright Radial ! Wright turbo-Cyclone R-1350 (Constellation)
A few more from the San Diego Air & Space Museum:
Piston Engines: Aeronca E-107 Allison V-1710-39 Anzani Anzani B Bristol Centaurus Cirrus Mk.II Continental A-40 Curtiss Conqueror V-1570 Curtiss OX-2 Curtiss OX-5 Gnome Rotary Hispano Suiza Model A Jacobs L-4MB Kinner R-540 Lawrence A-13 Le Rhone 9C LeRhone Rotary LeRhone Rotary Liberty L12-A Menasco 4A	Oberursel U.0 rotary engine Pratt & Whitney R-1830-17 Twin-Wasp Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double-Wasp Close-up Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Close-up Ranger 6-440C-2 Rolls-Royce Merlin 62 Salmson Z-9 Wright J-4 Whirlwind Wright Cyclone 1820 Jet Engines: General Electric TF-34-400 Compressor blades Junkers Jumo 004B-1 Walter RI-202B
Here are some more from the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, KS:
Piston Engines: Allison V-1710 V12 Franklin 6 cyls. reciprocal Kinner R-5 radial (cut-away) Lycoming ? Lycoming O-15-3 Lycoming O-145 Lycoming O-480-3 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 "Double Wasp" Pratt & Whitney R-2800 "Double Wasp" Pratt & Whitney R-4360 "Wasp Major" View with Curtiss Electric Propeller Ranger 6 440 C5 200 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin V-1850-1 Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9	Jet Engines: Allison TF-41A-1B Turbofan deHavilland Goblin 2 Turbojet Fairchild J44-R3 Turbojet General Electric 1-A Wittle Turbine Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-414A Afterburning Turbofan P&W J48-P-6 or -8 Westinghouse J34-WE-34 Turbojet