"When Motorcycle Companies Took To The Skies" was recently published in ThunderPress. During the first decade or so of the 20th century the rapid technological advances for internal combustion engines allowed for the creation of a aeronautics industry. Power-to-weight ratios were a consideration addressed by motorcycle manufacturers so it should come as no surprise that some of these companies would venture into this new industry. Two motorcycle companies that were actively involved in developing engines for aircraft were Curtiss and Indian (Hendee Mfg. Co.). Curtiss went on to change aviation history while that of Indian has been largely forgotten.
The full article can be read at www.thunderpress.net/MONTH_ARTICLE-pdfs/2009/1209/WhenMotorcycle/WhenMotorcycle.shtml
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