“Going the Distance: Endurance Aircraft Engines and Propellers of the 1910s and 20s” exhibition will open at the San Francisco airport’s Aviation Museum, for free, pre security

The exhibition focuses on aircraft engines and propellers from the early twentieth century when powered flight was still in its infancy. At the time there were three different types of engines in use – the radial, the in-line, and the V-type.

The exhibition is located pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library at the SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport. Entry is free of charge, and the exhibition will run from June 1st, 2022 to November 13th, 2023, from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm daily.

The SFO Museum opened in 1980, and was accredited by the American Association of Museums in 1999. The museum is currently the only accredited museum to be located inside an Airport.

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 The two engines presented in this exhibition are from the collection of a retired World Airways captain, Fred Patterson, he has been collecting, recovering, and restoring historic aircraft, engines, propellers, and other aviation components for over forty years.

 A recognized expert in “golden age of flight” airplanes of the 1920s and 30s, he has served as a technical advisor and completed numerous restoration projects of vintage aircraft to airworthy status. Vintage airplanes and engines from his collection are exhibited in museums across the country. 

This Westinghouse Micarta propeller is from the Monte Chase Propeller Collection.

Aviation has continuously featured in Monte Chase’s life. His family was actively involved in aviation and was a fixed-base operator with worldwide sales for nearly fifty years. 

He acquired his first propeller when he was seventeen, a gift from his uncle when he received his private pilot’s license. Over the course of his life, he has become a dedicated expert and collector of wooden ground adjustable and controllable pitch propellers.  https://www.notplanejane.com/