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May 31st 10, 11:33 PM
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LIFE Wasp engine photos
Captioned as found.
A close-up of the 410 H.P. Wasp, the first engine used in the first airmail plane. Location: US Date taken: 1943 Photographer: Ralph Morse http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/70046990bcfbb618_large A close-up of the R-985 9 cylinder 450 H.P. Wasp Jr http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/00ffe273052b8c0f_large A close-up of the R-1340 9 cylinder 600 H.P. Wasp engine. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/70e086049c975d03_large A close-up of the R-1830 14 cylinder 1200 H.P. Twin Wasp engine. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/844d7762e663416b_large A close-up of the R-2800 18 cylinder 2000 H.P. Double Wasp engine. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e0678fb7da6f25e1_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/94123d79abeecf94_large Man working on power section of 'Wasp' airplane engine at Pratt & Whitney aircraft parts factory. Location: Hartford, CT, US Date taken: 1941 Photographer: Dmitri Kessel http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/8aa5c494803611ab_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/6602b24a7498b3d1_large 
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June 1st 10, 12:08 AM
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LIFE Wasp engine photos
Thanks for sharing - it was a P&W engine development that saw print in a
gripping engineering memoir I read a few years back too, come to think of it.... Brian W John Szalay wrote: Captioned as found. A close-up of the 410 H.P. Wasp, the first engine used in the first airmail plane. Location: US Date taken: 1943 Photographer: Ralph Morse http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/70046990bcfbb618_large A close-up of the R-985 9 cylinder 450 H.P. Wasp Jr http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/00ffe273052b8c0f_large A close-up of the R-1340 9 cylinder 600 H.P. Wasp engine. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/70e086049c975d03_large A close-up of the R-1830 14 cylinder 1200 H.P. Twin Wasp engine. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/844d7762e663416b_large A close-up of the R-2800 18 cylinder 2000 H.P. Double Wasp engine. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e0678fb7da6f25e1_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/94123d79abeecf94_large Man working on power section of 'Wasp' airplane engine at Pratt & Whitney aircraft parts factory. Location: Hartford, CT, US Date taken: 1941 Photographer: Dmitri Kessel http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/8aa5c494803611ab_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/6602b24a7498b3d1_large
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