Word: allisons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Britain's The Aeroplane U. S. citizens last week learned some things about their own military airplanes that they had not found out from the home press (see p. 46). They learned that Allison-powered U. S. pursuit planes were faster than any European fighters in the 1,000 h.p. class, but slower than the new 2,000-h.p. speedsters now being put in the air by Britain. They also read interesting facts about some fine U. S. bombers and patrol boats. Examples: > The Army's Bell Airacdbra (the British call it "Caribou") does 400 m.p.h...
...Detroit, General Manager Nicholas Dreystadt of Cadillac (now turning out parts for the Allison engine) canceled vacations for defense-order executives, or dered an overworked assistant South for a rest...
This afternoon's event, a 15-kilometer "langlauf" cross country race, was won by Allison of New Hampshire in 1 hour and 15 minutes 13 seconds to pace a field of 60 entries. Merrill's victory helped his team compile 97.6 points in the event...
Nose-down went the P-39, trailing a white exhaust plume. Her prop, turning just fast enough to keep her Allison engine warm, began to windmill. The airspeed indicator hand began to turn-350 -400. But Andy McDonough kept his eye fixed mostly on the hands of the sensitive altimeter. Around 5,000 he eased the ship out into level flight, called the field again: "Dive completed . . . returning to base." When he landed, a doctor checked him over. Nothing wrong. Mechanics checked the Airacobra for skin wrinkles, other evidences of strain. All O.K. Andy McDonough was on his way back...
...Allison and Merlin should prove to be out-of-date, the Air Corps will have a lot of explaining, a lot of design switching to do. One possibility is that liquid-cooled engine manufacturers may have to switch over to manufacture of the new Rolls-Royce, with all the headaches that retooling and new airplane design would bring with it. Another is that Allison, whose production is now only 350 engines a month (with a schedule of 1,000 by next Nov. 1), may perfect the 2,000-h.p.-plus 24-cylinder engine now in its research division...