Diesel Aviation Engines, by Paul H. Wilkinson, 1940.

Chapter 1 - Development of the Diesel Aircraft Engine (648 K PDF)

Chapter 2 - How the Diesel Aircraft Engine Functions (462 K PDF)

Includes this fine diagram of the Bosch Fuel Injection System (293K)

 

 

 

Chapter 3 - The Guiberson Diesel (517 K PDF)

Chapter 4 - The Junkers Jumo 205 Diesel Engine (396 K PDF)

Chapter 5 - Flights with Diesel-Engined Aircraft

Chapter 6 - Advantages of the Diesel for Aviation

 

First Aircraft Powered by the Packard Diesel

 

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