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Menasco Motors Company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1926 (1926)
FounderAlbert S. Menasco
Defunct1977 (1977)
FateBought by Colt in 1977
SuccessorMenasco Manufacturing Company
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
United States
Parent
  • Colt Industries
    (1977-1990)
  • Coltec Industries
    (1990-1999)

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The Menasco Motors Company was an American aircraft engine and component manufacturer. The company was organized by Albert S. Menasco in 1926 to convert...

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Menasco Pirate

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The Menasco Pirate series are four-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted aero-engines, built by the Menasco Motors Company of Burbank, California, for...

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Menasco Buccaneer

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Menasco Buccaneer was a series of popular six-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted, aero-engines, that were manufactured by Menasco Motors Company...

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Radioplane Company

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these put them in touch with Whitney Collins, a vice-president at Menasco Motors Company and budding entrepreneur. Collins and Denny estimated it would take...

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California during World War II

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engines for the B-17s and PV-2 Harpoons being built in Burbank. Menasco Motors Company in Burbank, built aircraft landing gear for North American, Lockheed...

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Ryan Aeronautical

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Aeronautical entity. The new company's first aircraft was the S-T Sport Trainer, a low-wing tandem-seat monoplane with a 95 hp (71 kW) Menasco B-4 Pirate straight-4...

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Lockheed J37

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two thirds complete. Some of the work had been contracted out to Menasco Motors Company and at the end of the year the entire mechanical side of the project...

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List of aircraft engine manufacturers

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Corporation Martin Motors Co Maru Maximotor Maybach — Germany Mayo McCulloch Motors — US McDonnell McDowell Mead Mekker Menasco Motor Company — US Mercedes...

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De Havilland Tiger Moth

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piston engine. 1,523 built (including Menasco Moths and PT-24). DH.82C-2 Menasco Moth I DH.82C fitted with Menasco D-4 Super Pirate 125 hp inline inverted...

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List of aircraft engines

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and Jane's. Menasco Pirate/Super Pirate Menasco Buccaneer/Super Buccaneer Menasco M-50 Menasco Unitwin 2-544 Menasco-Salmson B-2 Menasco L-365 – Military...

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Art Chester

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and "Goon" were powered by Menasco Motors Company engines, which he tuned for maximum performance and reliability. Al Menasco took note of Chester's engine...

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De Havilland

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The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited (/də ˈhævɪlənd/) was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag...

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Airco

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variety of companies beyond Airco themselves; these included F.W. Berwick and Co, Glendower Aircraft Company, Palladium Autocars, Vulcan Motor and Engineering...

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Bristol Aerospace

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rocket motors was completed recently along with the sale of 200 redundant launchers that were in long-term storage. As of January 2010, the company has lost...

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Canadian Car and Foundry

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new TD bus design under the Canadian Car name to compete with the General Motors New Look model, but it was not successful and production was discontinued...

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Willoughby Delta 8

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shaped, blunt on the inner edge and fine outboard. Two 125 hp (93 kW) Menasco Pirate C.4 four-cylinder air-cooled inline engines driving two-bladed propellers...

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Continental A40

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h)) Power-to-weight ratio: 0.28 hp/lb (0.45 kW/kg) Comparable engines Menasco M-50 Related lists List of aircraft engines "Continental A-40". Old Rhinebeck...

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Fleet Model 1

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Fleet 1 Special - One aircraft modified as testbed for 95 hp (71 kW) Menasco Pirate B-4. Fleet Model 2 - initial production version with Kinner K-5...

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Curtiss JN Jenny

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built by the Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was...

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Waterman Arrowbile

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covered. It was powered by a 95 hp (71 kW) inverted inline 4-cylinder Menasco B-4 Pirate pusher engine mounted high in the rear of the fuselage. The...

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Blackburn Cirrus Minor

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Major Comparable engines Argus As 8 ADC Cirrus Alfa Romeo 110 Hirth HM 504 Menasco C4 Related lists List of aircraft engines "A New Small Engine", Flight...

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Miles Whitney Straight

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piston engine, alternative powerplants, such as the Villiers Maya and Menasco Pirate engines, were also used. While a fixed-pitch propeller was used...

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De Havilland Dragon

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small commercial aircraft that was designed and built by the de Havilland company. Following the commercial success of its single-engined de Havilland Fox...

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Elizalde Tigre IV

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engines Alfa Romeo 110 Cirrus Major de Havilland Gipsy Major Hirth HM 504 Menasco C4 Related lists List of aircraft engines Gunston 1989, p.54. G-INFO -...

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Felixstowe F5L

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(30). Some were converted for civilian use by the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company in 1919. The F5L entered U.S. service at the end of the war and was...

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