Large airplanes would therefore need fewer engines if diesel powered.
"The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928"
Robert B. Meyer
Two accidents, which received wide publicity and no doubt did considerable harm to the entire project, occurred to Packard diesel-powered airplanes.
"The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928"
Robert B. Meyer
We built camps for them, and supplied them with all kinds of costly products of labor, such as guns and cartridges, automobiles and airplanes.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair