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1910 Christie V8

1/25/2014

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In 1910 Walter Christie became involved in the aviation world.  In a brief one year period, Christie seems to have produced two different new aircraft engines as well as an airframe.
His V8 engine is amazing.  It was a single overhead cam V8 with each cam operating directly on 2 valves per cylinder.  The valves are in-line, much like the famous WWI Hispano Suiza Type 31.
Was Walter Christie the first to produce the layout that would become one of the best Allied engines of WWI ?
If any aircraft historians can shed some light on this, please contact me - [email protected].
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The photos above were recently discovered by Lee Stohr in a miscellaneous file folder at the National Automotive History Collection.
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    Lee Stohr (b.1957: Delaware, USA) is an American race car designer and owner of STOHR DESIGN

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