Frontispiece—President Herbert Hoover (in front ofmicrophones) presenting the Collier Trophy to Alvan Macauley (nearestengine), President of the Packard Motor Car Co., on March 31, 1932(although the award was for 1931). Also present were Hiram Bingham, U.S.Senator from Connecticut (nearest pillar), Clarence M. Young, Directorof Aeronautics, U.S. Department of Commerce (between Macauley andHoover), and Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly across the AtlanticOcean (between Macauley and the engine). In the foreground is a cutawayPackard diesel aeronautical engine and directly in front of SenatorBingham is the Collier Trophy, America’s highest aviation award. (Smithsonian photo A48825.)
SMITHSONIAN ANNALS OF FLIGHT
VOLUME 1 · NUMBER 2
The First Airplane Diesel Engine:
Packard Model DR-980 of 1928
Robert B. Meyer
Curator of Flight Propulsion
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION · NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM
WASHINGTON, D.C. · 1964
The following microfilm prints are available at the SmithsonianInstitution:
“The Packard Diesel Aircraft Engine—A New Chapter in TransportationProgress.” An advertising brochure produced by the Packard Motor CarCompany in 1930, illustrated, 17 pages.
Fifty-Hour Test of the Engine by the Packard Company, 1930. Text andcharts, 14 pages.
Fifty-Hour Test of the Engine by the U.S. Navy in 1931: Text and charts,26 pages.
Packard Instructional Manual, 1931. Illustrated, 74 pages.
“The Packard Diesel Engine,” Aviation Institute of U.S.A. Pamphlet No.21-A, 1930. Illustrated, 32 pages.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C., 20402—Price 60 cents
Contents
| Page | ||
| Acknowledgments | vi | |
| Foreword | vii | |
| Introduction | 1 | |
| History | 2 | |
| Description | 11 | |
| Specifications | 11 | |
| Operating Cycles | <