Engines

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  Summer Hours: From Memorial Day to Labor Day,  Open Thurs-Fri-Sat-Sun 10:00am-3:00pm
  Winter Hours: From Labor Day to Memorial Day, Open Fri-Sat-Sun 10:00am-3:00pm

  Summer Day Camp Hours:  Student hours Monday thru Friday  9:00am-3:00pm (sharp)

  WEDC will be closed March 31, 2023 due for a Private Event.

• Admission Prices: Family - $25 2Adults+3Children; Adults – $9 a person; Children 6-17 – $5 a person; Veterans - $8 a person ‹more›
• Driving Directions: Take Exit 50 from Interstate-86/State Rte 17 ‹more›
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Overview

Wings of Eagles Discovery Center has a number of aircraft engines on display that span the history of flight.

Allison TF41-A-2

Display Status: On display Type: Two-Spool axial flow turbofan engine Country/Date: US/UK 1967 Overview In August of 1966, the Air Force Systems Command awarded a joint contract to Rolls-Royce of England and Allison of the US to develop...

Allison V-1710-63

Display Status: On display Type: Water cooled V-12 piston engine Country/Date: US 1942 Overview The V-1710-63 was one of Allison’s “E” series engines and was developed specifically for use in the Bell P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingc...

Continental R-670-5

Display Status: On display Type: Seven cylinder air-cooled radial Overview The Continental R-670 (factory designation W-670) is a seven cylinder four-cycle radial aircraft engine produced by Continental has a displacement of 668 cubic...

Hispano-Suiza 18.Sb

Display Status: On display Type: Liquid cooled, W-18, cylinder engine Country/Date: France 1929 Overview Marc Birgikt originally designed what became the 18.Sb as the 1,680 hp 18.R. Earmarked for the Nieuport-Delage ND 450 and ND...

Hispano-Suiza V-8, Model A

Display Status: On display Type: Water-cooled 8-cylinder vee engine Country/Date: France 1917 Overview Designed by Marc Birgikt, the Hispano-Suiza V-8 was intended as a lightweight and powerful replacement for rotary engines which,...

Jacobs R-755-9

Display Status: On display Type: Air cooled 7-cylinder engine Country/Date: US 1942 Overview First developed in 1934, the Jacobs L-4 series engines were produced for aircraft use over the next forty years. Of simple design, the R-755-9...

Junkers Jumo 004

Display Status: On display Type: Axial-flow, air-cooled turbojet Country/Date: Germany 1944 Overview The Jumo 004 turbojet was one of the most advanced powerplants to see service in World War II. Developed in Germany between 1939 and...

Lawrance Model ‘A’ Air Cooled Engine (ca 1916)

Display Status: On display Type: Two-cylinder, air-cooled horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine Overview The Model A is the forerunner of all Wright, air cooled engines including the J-5, also on display. It was designed by Charles...

Packard 2A-1500 V-12

Display Status: On display Type: Water-cooled V-12 piston engine Country/Date: US 1925 Overview Packard V-type engines were basically scaled-up and modernized versions of the WWI Liberty engine and were produced in standard upright...

Pratt & Whitney J60 (JT12)

Display Status: On display Type: Jet Aircraft Engine Overview Of Pratt & Whitney’s final turbojets, the 3,300-pound-thrust JT12 was the smallest. The single-spool JT12 was used on the Lockheed C-140 Jetstar, and Rockwell’s T-2B Buc...

Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp

Display Status: On display Type: Twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine Country/Date: US 1939 Overview The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 is a twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a displacement of 2,800...

Ranger L-440-1

Display Status: On display Type: Air-cooled six-cylinder in-line engine Country/Date: US 1941 Overview With a basic design dating from 1929, the L-440s were designed and built by Ranger Engine Division, part of Fairchild Aircraft,...

Ranger V-770

Display Status: On display Type: 12-cylinder inverted Vee piston engine Country/Date: US 1939-1945 Overview The Ranger V-770 is an American air-cooled inverted V-12 aero-engine developed by the Ranger Aircraft Engine Division of the F...

Righter 2-GS-17 Target Drone Engine

Display Status: On display Type: 2 cylinder engine used for target practice by ship, airborne and ground based anti-aircraft gunners Overview This engine was a design from the Righter Aircraft Company to power a small, radio operated...

Westinghouse J34-WE-36A

Display Status: On display Type: Axial-flow turbojet engine Country/Date: US 1945 Overview The J34 was the only truly successful turbojet built by Westinghouse. The J34-WE-36 was used on the Douglas F3D-2 “Skynight”, and as an aux...

Wright J-5 “Whirlwind”

Display Status: On display Type: 9-cylinder naturally aspirated air-cooled radial piston engine Overview The J-5 is an advancement of the WWI Liberty Engine motivated by the US Navy’s requirement for a light weight engine for its fleet a...

Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 (Cutaway)

Display Status: On display Type: Nine-cylinder single-row supercharged air-cooled radial engine Overview the R-1820 entered production in 1931. Early variants produced by Curtiss-Wright powered aircraft like the Martin B-10. During WWII,...