STURTEVANT AERONAUTICAL MOTORS. Model 5A. Type 8. 140 H. P. Sturtevant Engineering Series. Bulletin No. 229. August, 1916.
Hyde Park, Boston, Mass. B. F. Sturtevant Company, 1916. 1st printing. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 28 b/w images from photographs + one schematic. 11" x 8-3/8". Printed grey paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Age toning to wrappers. A VG+ copy. Item #32826
"The B.F. Sturtevant Co. of Hyde park, Boston, Mass. was a big engineering firm even before the advent of the new science of aeronautics. Whilst the First World War was raging in Europe, The Sturtevant Aeroplane Co. (1915-1918) was formed by the parent company to develop military aircraft. ... They produced a number of aircraft for both the army and the navy, in particular the "Battle" S4 aeroplane of naval type, and the USN bought 12 of those machines whose inner structure was all metal, a rather innovative approach for the time applied by Mr. Grover Loening, Sturtevant's chief designer. ... [however], it wasn't an elegant nor fast nor agile aircraft."
The company also "designed, developed and produced a number of high quality, high performance aero engines... The 5A, here advertised, was only produced through 1917. It was "was installed in the Sturtevant S-4 and some L.W.F. V-1 training airplanes used by the Signal Corps at North Island, Calif., and Mineola, New York. Neither of these airplanes was too successful .... Part of their difficulty resulted from the 5A engine which weighed more than 3.5 pounds per horsepower." [sturtivant.org].
Given it's short production life, this Sturtevant Model 5A trade catalogue a rare survivor from the early days of US aviation- OCLC locates 2 cc, though surprisingly, neither are on the East Coast.
Price: $495.00