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    Potez 12Dc engine information

    Hello The only reference to the Potez 12Dc I found is in the "Moteurs à pistons aéronautiques français" (Bodemer et Laugier, Docavia, Editions Larivière, 1987). It was a 12D with supercharger, 610 HP, intended to be build for the Arsenal VG30 by the Lorraine engine company, at this time owned by...
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    German Gunnsigh and French Control Stick

    Hello The gunsight looks like a Revi 4, and is effectively prewar (around 1935). Built by Nedinsco, the Dutch subsidiary of Carl Zeiss. The stick seems to be a "standard" French SAMM 103, used on about every French military jet plane built between about 1955 and 1970, ranging from the Fouga...
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    MATHIS 'Vega' 42-Cylinder French Aero-Engine

    Hello Here some informations from the classical "Les moteurs a pistons aeronautiques francais, Bodemer et Laugier, Docavia 25" : The first Mathis Vega (41 A, 1938), a 42 cylinders water cooled engine (7 rows of six cylinders, bore 125 mm, stroke 115 mm, total displacement 59,3 liters), was bench...
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