Historic video: Building WWl aircraft

[old man emu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOU78bhu7iI

[IBob]

Great stuff, OME.

 

And that locomotive right at the start is a sort of V twin....can't remember what they were called....but you can see the cylinder sticking up out of the side...and they then ran a drive shaft along under the engine (and I think sometimes the tender too) and drove all wheels. For better traction....

 

 

[pmccarthy]

What a great movie! It was strange watching young people at work 100 years ago with such clarity and detail. And the construction methods were inspiring. Loved the planes too.

 

 

[rick morawski]

Fantastic, loved it, thanks HITC

 

 

[deltacharlie]

Great stuff, OME.And that locomotive right at the start is a sort of V twin....can't remember what they were called....but you can see the cylinder sticking up out of the side...and they then ran a drive shaft along under the engine (and I think sometimes the tender too) and drove all wheels. For better traction....

The locomotive is a "Heisler". Here's a Wiki ref

 

Heisler locomotive - Wikipedia

 

 

[IBob]

The locomotive is a "Heisler". Here's a Wiki refHeisler locomotive - Wikipedia

Ah, steam.......how unkind of the gods that we can't make it fly....)

 

 

[rick morawski]

Fantastic, loved it, thanks HITC

Sorry OME called you the wrong name, didn't check the OP

 

 

[spacesailor]

AH, steam,

 

First car's to do the 100mph. "Stanly Steamer" & "Doble Detroit", Killed off by bureaucracy, (Registration by weight).

 

spacesailor

 

 

[rgmwa]

Amazing how much material, effort and skill went into building these aircraft on an industrial scale.

 

rgmwa

 

 

[spacesailor]

It's a great movie!

 

spacesailor

 

 

[Neil_S]

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for posting.

 

Neil