From the end of World War II onwards, aircraft designers and operators have lavished their attention on turbojet and turboprop engines. But from the dawn of powered flight and continuing to the present day, the piston engine has served as an economical and reliable source of power for vast numbers of the world’s airplanes. The story of their development is ably told in Herschel Smith’s A History of Aircraft Piston Engines: From the Manly Balzer to the Continental Tiara. Abundantly illustrated and engagingly narrated, it provides a detailed historical survey of aircraft piston engines from the turn of the 20th century to the book’s publication in 1981.
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