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Comet Engine Manufacture
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View inside a 7-D Comet aircraft engine manufacturing and assembly plant. An engine with nose cowling, propeller shaft and cylinders is supported by an engine stand and crane hook in the foreground. Another engine is on a stand in the background. Along the right are tables with tools and vices.
March 20, 1930
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7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine
circa 1930-1939
Abstract profile of a 7-cylinder Comet airplane engine without a propeller. It was designed by the Comet Engine Corporation.
7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine
January 24, 1930
View from front of a 7-cylinder Comet airplane engine undergoing assembly. The engine is mounted to a wooden stand, located in a brick manufacturing building, and shows its crankcase and component ...
Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines
November 1929
Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines, including Landis, Whitcomb Manufacturing Company and Gisholt. Men are working in the background (blurred...
Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines
November 7, 1929
Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines under the skylights. A Gisholt lathe is prominently pictured second from left. Other machinery is by Whit...
7-RA Comet Engine on Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft
April 22, 1930
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 sitting on a dirt runway at an airport, with ...
Workers at Airplane Assembly Plant
January 24, 1930
View of two factory men at work desks at a plant that assembled Comet aircraft engines. They are sitting on wooden stools between Korn scales in a narrow brick office space. A man wearing a suit an...
