The Lawrance L-3 and L-4 were early aircraft piston engines with three radial cylinders, designed and built by the
Lawrance Aero Engine Company
Lawrance Aero Engine Company was an American aircraft engine manufacturer. Founded by engine pioneer Charles Lawrance, it designed one of the first successful air-cooled radial engines. It existed for only 5 years, being acquired by Wright Aeronau ...
in the early 1920s. The L-3 / L-4 series were marketed by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation as the Wright Gale after the acquisition of the Lawrance company.
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Loening M-2
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Naval Aircraft Factory SA
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Sikorsky S-33 Messenger
The Sikorsky S-33 Messenger was an American two-seat sesqiuplane designed and built by the Sikorsky Manufacturing Corporation in 1925.
The first of two examples built participated in the Sixth Pulitzer Trophy Race at Mitchel Field, Long Island, ...
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* This article contains material that originally came from the placard at the
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, also called the Udvar-Hazy Center, is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia. It holds numerous ...
, with dimensional error corrected (radius reported as diameter).
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1910s aircraft piston engines
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