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292:Specific fuel consumption
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325:List of aircraft engines
394:Russian Aviation Museum
230:General characteristics
548:Jackson, A.J. (1960),
539:Jackson, A.J. (1965),
465:"Light 'Plane Engines"
161:Darmstadt D-11 Mohamed
94:Design and development
502:on 29 September 2012
156:Dabrowski D.1 Cykacz
400:on 7 December 2012.
265:696 cc (42.5 cu in)
186:Handley Page H.P.23
148:(the world's first
527:on 15 October 2012
477:on 15 October 2012
82:was a 670 cc
46:Air-cooled V-twin
564:978-1-906593-25-4
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279:Performance
150:flying wing
572:Categories
331:References
270:Dry weight
100:Blackburne
69:First run
222:Data from
390:"BICh-3"
307:See also
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131:ANEC I
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