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Master rod with two auxiliary rods, for Napier ‘Lion’ aero engine

1917-1925

Reduction gear casing lug, one of two, for Napier ‘Sabre’ aero engine

1944-1946

Reduction gear casing lug, one of two, for Napier ‘Sabre’ aero engine

1944-1946

Piston, complete with gudgeon pin and cylinder rings

1917-1925
De Havilland Gipsy Twelve aero-engine, with separated fuel pipe elbow attached to straight connector, designed and made by De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 1935-1937

De Havilland Gipsy Twelve aero-engine

1935-1937
Swash-plate axial aero engine, designed by John Wooler and made by the Wooler Motor Cycle Company (1919) Limited, Middlesex, England, 1947

Swash-plate axial aero engine

1947
230 H.P. Benz six-cylinder water cooled aero engine No. 33.278, by Benz & Cie, Mannheim, Germany, 1916. Later, the engine No. 33.278 is ascribed with British War Department number: W.D. No. 101,863.

230 H.P. Benz six-cylinder water cooled aero engine No. 33.278

1916
Rolls-Royce 'R' aero engine, no. 27, with separated 150 mm length of 8 mm diameter fuel pipe, by Rolls-Royce Limited, England, 1931. This engine was developed for the 1931 Schneider Trophy seaplane and flying boat races. The 1931 races were held at Calshot Spit, Southampton Water, Hampshire, England.

Rolls-Royce 'R' aero engine, no. 27, developed for the 1931 Schneider Trophy

1931
Sectioned and operating example of the Napier ‘Sabre’ aero engine, with two reduction gear casing lugs, by D. Napier and Son Limited, England, 1944-1946

Sectioned example of the Napier ‘Sabre’ aero engine

1944-1946
Four-cylinder petrol aero engine, designed by Sir Hiram Maxim, England, 1908-1909

Four-cylinder petrol aero engine

1908-1909
Gnome 50 HP 7 Cylinder Rotary aero engine, with metal engine to fuselage gasket, designed by Louis Seguin and Laurent Seguin, and made by Societe des Moteurs Gnome, France, 1908-1914. The engine has seven cylinders, machined out of solid nickel-chrome-steel ingots. The cylinders and crank-chamber revolve around the stationary crankshaft. The carburettor, which is stationary, is of the single-jet type and feeds the engine through the hollow crank shaft. The connecting rods all operate on a single crank pin. Henri Farman used this type of engine to win a prize for the greatest distance flown (180 km), setting a World record.

Gnome 50 HP 7 Cylinder Rotary aero engine

1908-1914