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Lecture: The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Front Fighter Engine Development
Hybrid Lecture, One Birdcage Walk and Online
20 June 2023
Join us at the IMechE's London HQ as writer, researcher, and engineer Calum Douglas delivers this year’s Annual Lecture on behalf of the Institution’s Powertrain Systems and Fuels Group.
Calum has dedicated over 5 years to researching and writing a technical and intelligence history of fighter aircraft piston engine development during the Second World War. This era saw history’s greatest advances in aircraft piston technology: Calum joins us to tell the story of a desperate contest between the world's best engineers - the Secret Horsepower Race.
The lecture will cover the development of both allied and German piston aero engines during WWII including fuels and the people behind them. Amongst other things, advances in materias, superchargers, and fuel injection will be discussed.
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LECTURE SPEAKER:
Calum Douglas is a mechanical engineer specialising in piston engine design and development. In his spare time, Calum researches and writes about Second World War era engine technology and assists organisations restoring warbird engines.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?:
This event is free for all to attend and is recommended to all those involved with or have an interest in historical engineering and engine or propulsion systems development.