Cummins powered airplane?
I'm not sure who was first, but the Germans had diesel powered aircraft in WWII
According to wiki, who else?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_diesel_engine
and
http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimage21.htm
There used to be an outfit which for me was a laugh
In the 70s I was looking through a 4x4 mag and saw an ad for a "Fudpucker Trucker" hat. This is in a national mag, and I see they are in Hayden, Idaho!!!! not far from home.
So back in those days you actually got a PERSON with telco information, so I told her, "now this is not a joke, you have a listing for "Fudpucker Trucking?"
She says "well, I do show "Fudpucker World Airlines!!!!"
Turns out these guys sold several joke outfits, coffee mugs, travel bags, and claimed to operate the "only steam powered airliner in the world!!"
Their logo featured a "square" world globe
And evidently there WAS a real steam powered aircraft
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX3qPfN9zjA"]Besler steam powered plane 1933 - YouTube[/ame]
I'm not sure who was first, but the Germans had diesel powered aircraft in WWII
According to wiki, who else?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_diesel_engine
and
http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimage21.htm
There used to be an outfit which for me was a laugh
In the 70s I was looking through a 4x4 mag and saw an ad for a "Fudpucker Trucker" hat. This is in a national mag, and I see they are in Hayden, Idaho!!!! not far from home.
So back in those days you actually got a PERSON with telco information, so I told her, "now this is not a joke, you have a listing for "Fudpucker Trucking?"
She says "well, I do show "Fudpucker World Airlines!!!!"
Turns out these guys sold several joke outfits, coffee mugs, travel bags, and claimed to operate the "only steam powered airliner in the world!!"
Their logo featured a "square" world globe
And evidently there WAS a real steam powered aircraft
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX3qPfN9zjA"]Besler steam powered plane 1933 - YouTube[/ame]
