Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 06-Dec-2019

They built an air-cooled, four-cylinder, V engine that was used in the Handley Page type "A" Bluebird.

Advance onboard the Bluebird A
"Advance onboard the Bluebird A"

-Below some front and rear views of the V4 engtine. Years 1909-1910.

The Advance V4
"The Advance V4"

Side view of the Advance V
"Side view of the Advance V4"

From appendix 6: There was an aircraft of those known as pioneers in the year 1909 that was based on the Bleriot XI. An English airplane with the variant of having two horizontal stabilizers on the tail. It was the Windham monoplane.

-It was able to use two types of engines of four cylinders in V and 20/25 hp both.

-One was the Jap (see main text) with a V angle of 90o or the other engine that was the Advance with a smaller V angle.

-But here we show this amplification for the propeller that was used by this aircraft of a very curious design.

Curious propeller with the Advance
Curious propeller with the Advance
"Curious propeller with the Advance"

From Appendix 7: Another installation, different from the one in the main text, of a four-cylinder Advance V engine that gave 20/25 hp.

Handley Page I with Advance
"The Handley Page I with Advance” (PiP)

Engines of ADVANCE

Model: V4

Side view of the Advance V4

"Side view of the Advance V4"