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“Going the Distance: Endurance Aircraft Engines and Propellers of the 1910s and 20s” is on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/DGnv8iaxON #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on December 05, 2023.

The J-5 Whirlwind was used in Charles A. Lindbergh’s 3,600-mile, transatlantic flight, the U.S. Army's 2,400-mile inaugural flight nonstop flight from Oakland to Hawai’i, and the 7,200-mile, three-stage, transpacific route from Oakland to Brisbane, Australia. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on December 05, 2023.

The development of the Wright J-5 Whirlwind began in the early 1920s with the Lawrance Aero-Engine Corporation. Lawrance produced a highly reliable and durable air-cooled, nine-cylinder, radial engine for the U.S. Navy called the J-1. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on December 05, 2023.

“Going the Distance: Endurance Aircraft Engines and Propellers of the 1910s and 20s” is on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/DGnv8iaxON #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on August 01, 2023.

Following Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 transatlantic flight with a J-5 installed in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, numerous other aviators used the J-5 on record-breaking distance and duration flights. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on August 01, 2023.

In 1928, the J-5-equipped Fokker F.VIIb/3m Southern Cross was piloted by Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm on a 7,200-mile, three-stage, transpacific route from Oakland, California, to Brisbane, Australia, one of the longest flights using a J-5 engine. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on August 01, 2023.

The radial Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine was specifically developed for long-range flight and was instrumental in advancing aviation during the late 1920s and well into the 1930s. #EnduranceEngines #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 01, 2023.

“Going the Distance: Endurance Aircraft Engines and Propellers of the 1910s and 20s” is on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/DGnv8iaxON #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek #AviationHistory #KatherineStinson #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.

Stinson became the first woman in the United States to perform an aerial loop and continued to perform the stunt hundreds of times without a mishap. #EnduranceEngines #KatherineStinson #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.

Katherine Stinson was also the first woman to fly mail for the U.S. Postal Service. She petitioned to fly for the military during WWI I but was denied due to her gender. Instead, she joined the ambulance service for the Red Cross in Europe. #EnduranceEngines #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.

Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Katherine Stinson was the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot’s certification. She first flew in 1911 and was licensed in 1912 at age 21. Stinson quickly became a star attraction at air meets. #EnduranceEngines #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.

“Going the Distance: Endurance Aircraft Engines and Propellers of the 1910s and 20s” is on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/DGnv8iaxON #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on February 21, 2023.