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Old 08-31-2005, 12:41 AM
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William Robison
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IOf we go back into history we see the old Burgess/Morton M-5 radial. Originally a training aid for teaching aircraft mechanics it would run, so naturally many people tried to fly them. The power to weight ratio was so bad that very few ever got one off the ground. Gasoline fueled, it wasn't strong enough to run on alcohol.

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