This is the place where the majority of the warbird (aircraft that have survived military service) discussions will take place. Specialized forums may be added in the new future
Post a reply

Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:15 pm

Check out the list of engines that NEAM is selling off:
http://www.neam.org/index.php?option=co ... cle&id=132
Some might be good for displays or parts!
P&W, Hall Scott, Ranger, Wright, Allsion (Jet), Kinner, Lyc, Anzani, Continental,Franklin, Jacobs, Liberty Junkers Jumo stuff too!
Jerry

Re: Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:26 am

Pretty cool stuff in there. I talked to a former Westinghouse engineer that worked with a lot of german jet engine engine engineers immediately after the war. He said there were only 2,000 Jumo 004 and 005 ever built, most didnt survive the war. A definite buy on someones list. Lots of other rare stuff too.

Re: Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:55 pm

The P&W T-57 was designed for the cancelled Douglas C-132, a huge cross between a C-133 and C-5 with a GTOW of almost 390,000 or 470,000 pounds as a tanker.... (compared to 194,000 for a C-124 or 286,000 for a C-133).
It would have produced 15,000eshp (compared to the C-133 engines that produced 5,700 eshp) and would have driven 20 foot blades.

I don't know of a larger turboprop built in the US.

Re: Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:59 pm

i just got a email from them. the sale is on hold due to too much interest/emails. I wanted to get 3 engines for sure of whats there. hope it still happens.

Re: Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:17 pm

That Jumo 004 belongs in Stratford where he designers came after the war, only to create the T-53 & T-55. We have the pencil note books of one of the designers, Dr. Max Betele. Anzlam Franz ran a division of the Stratford Plant.

Re: Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:17 pm

I think the response was so overwhelming that they put it on hold to re-evaluate their offerings/pricing.
If I had the cash, I would've bought them all!
I have no problem with de-accessioning un-needed assets, but perhaps an auction would maximize the dollars.
Jerry

Re: Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:19 pm

If anyone needs a Righter 2 cyl with the contra-rotating gearbox, there has been one on Craigslist here in MA for a few months now.

Its rough, but there are alot of parts there.

http://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/pts/3042827612.html

I looked around to research what it was when it was first listed, and it looks like it is mounted in the frame of a drone. Nose Only.

Like this....http://www.wmof.com/rp5a.htm

I offered $50 and he laughed at me.

Re: Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:13 pm

a real nice righter with the counter props with propellers. very complete sold for 850 on ebay 2 weeks ago. i thought about it but have a nice single prop in my collection already.

Re: Aircraft engines for sale..New England Air Museum.

Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:03 pm

Cherrybomber13 wrote:That Jumo 004 belongs in Stratford where he designers came after the war, only to create the T-53 & T-55. We have the pencil note books of one of the designers, Dr. Max Betele. Anzlam Franz ran a division of the Stratford Plant.



Maybe Mike Special would like to work out a deal? Never hurts to ask
Post a reply