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To all with an interest in the Liberty book project:

I finished that book and it was published by Specialty Press in January of 2009. 8 1/2 X11 format with about 620 pages and 1050 illustrations. T ...

Thanks for the update and bit of interesting history. I have the book Yachts in a Hurry - great piece of work. Note on pages 92-93 the boat Rosewill. It was powered by a pair of marine converted Packa ...

A little late, but just stumbled across this post. According to Wright Aeronautical data, they produced 167 Wright "Typhoon" marine engines from 1925-1932, which they called the Wright Tm ( ...

Hello all,

At a member's suggestion I am making this new post on the current status of the Liberty book. It is finished and stands at 620 pages and about 1,000 illustrations. I am now in the proces ...

In answer to jGertier and Bob Havermann way back in their July post, Yes, a lot of surplus engines went to Russia in the 1922-24 era. What material I have found seems to indicate perhaps 1000-2000. Th ...

They were based in New Haven, Connecticut, and were one of the group contracted to make the Liberty, supposed to make 500, but only made 2: can anyone confirm this? Yes, Trego was a New Haven company ...

My aero engine interests started some 15 years ago as an offshoot of an interest in Packard autos (which I have been driving almost constantly since I learned to drive in one back in 1949). I research ...

As many of you know, I am currently writing a History of the Liberty Aircraft Engine. Although the research is pretty much done, there are always some missing pieces. Here are some items I would l ...

In reference to available Liberty material, the Smithsonian Annals of Flight Vol 1 No 3 "The Liberty Engine 1918-1942" is definitely the best (and only) major item ever done on the Lib ...

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Bob Neal