Diesel aircraft engines promise lower fuel burn and cheaper operating costs at a time when every gallon and every kilogram matter in the air. Yet as manufacturers push these powerplants into more ...

For most people, diesel engines equate to either pickup trucks or semis traversing freeways. However, what many of us do not know is that diesel engines can be used in aircraft, too. You would not ...

Diamond Aircraft is aggressively pushing its new Austro diesel engine as a replacement for the Thielert engines in its DA42 and DA40 lines, following Thielert's bankruptcy. The Austro engine is a ...

Monday, Thielert Aircraft Engines announced at the Berlin Air Show intent to produce a new liquid-cooled turbocharged diesel-burning, FADEC-controlled single-lever-power 230 bhp engine, the Centurion ...

Symphony Aircraft Industries (SAI), the new owner of the Symphony line of high-wing piston singles, plans to offer a diesel-engine version of the four-seat Symphony 250 with German company OMF ...

This collection consists of .26 cubic feet of articles, drawings, and images chronicling Fred A. Thaheld's aeronautical engineering career, including his work with the following aircraft diesel ...

Click to open image viewer. Dr. Hugo Junkers started development of his Diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at Dessau, Germany in 1911. His early engines functioned on the two-stroke cycle ...