Some of you that fail to read all messages noticed that I have been gone
for the last few days :) The newsletter shuts down when I am gone.

I was in DC for a wedding and I found time to visit the new Smithsonian
Air and Space museum annex at Dulles airport. Therein was/is this CW Wright 
rotary aircraft engine.  Typically the spec info card is all wrong.

Not much new in the museum. Seems the Smithsonian is a day late obtaining
all the really interesting aircraft of the world. There are one or two
unique airplanes but most of what is in there is also in another half dozen
museums around the world. I was disappointed that they did not have a R3350 TC
which happens to be one of the most significant piston engines ever.


The engine display needs redoing placing all the engines in a line so one can see
both front and back up close (and take better pictures).

Paul Lamar
 
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