This company started as a bicycle factory around 1869. In 1909 they made a couple of airplanes and were now the Star Engineering Company.

“Star Logo”

-The engine that powered these machines was also from the Star company.

-A four-cylinder, in-line, water-cooled engine that gave 40 HP at 1,450 rpm.

-Airplane and engine were designed by Granville Bradshaw.

-The engine had cylinders of 110 mm bore by 125 mm stroke. It had a Simms magneto.

“Star airplane and engine”

-A Star engine is on display at the RAF Museum in Hendon.

From Appendix 6: We have a photo of a Star engine that appears in the main text mounted on an airplane and too far away to observe any detail.

“Four-cylinder Star engine” (PiP)

From Appendix 7: At the RAF Hendon Museum, there is a four-cylinder Star engine that gave 40 HP at 1,400 rpm and was water cooled.

“The Star four-cylinder, in-line engine”

-Around 1910, the Star Engineering Co. Ltd. of Wolverhampton (in the Midlands), car manufacturers, created a subsidiary to build airplanes and engines as the Star Aeroplane Company.

-In the following rear photograph of the engine, we have the carburetor on the left. In the center the magneto and the water pump on the right.

“Picture of the above comment”

-And of the same engine, the logo that it carries on the front. The six-pointed star.

“Front of the engine”

From Appendix 10: Not to be confused with another Italian brand of the same name, and from another era.

-We have a photograph of another 40 HP engine with a slightly steeper angle than the one in the main text.

“Nice picture of the Star 40 HP engine”

-Perhaps because of the ease of displaying this engine at an exhibition, the photo of the logo that we had previously only in drawing was also taken.

“Logo on a stamped and riveted brass plate”

 

From Appendix 11: Towards the end of the First World War, Star accepted an order for 400 Renault 80 hp, V8 engines. These engines were air-cooled and had a 90° V.

-They were mounted on DH6 training aircraft.

-When the war ended, only 12 of these engines had been built and the rest were canceled.