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July 1927 - Indianapolis, Indiana
SOHC Aircraft Engine
being assembled in Chevrolet's Shop
(Indianapolis News)
August 1927 - Moundsville, WV
Chevrolet Brothers SOHC Engine
installed in Lone Eagle Aircraft
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Lone Eagle Aircraft
Charles Lindbergh inspects engine of the Lone Eagle Aircraft
(Smithsonian Institute)
Charles Lindbergh inspecting engine
Today - Moundsville, WV
Historical Marker
Lindbergh's 1927 Tour of America
(pnoman -AdvRider.com)
Fall 1928 - Indianapolis, Indiana
DOHC Aircraft Engine
Chevrolet Bros. Mfg Co., Inc.
(Aero Digest)
Sept 1928 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Chevrolet DOHC Engine
(Indianapolis Star)
October 1928 - Moundsville, WV
(Tom Heitzman Collection)
Summer/Fall 1929 - Indianapolis, IN
4-Cylinder DOHC Aviation Engine
Stagger Valve Design - Arthur Chevrolet
(Chevolair Catalog)
Summer/Fall 1929 - Indianapolis, Stagger Valve Design - Arthur Chevrolet
4-Cylinder DOHC Aircraft Engine
(Chevolair Advertisement)
August 1929 - Washington, DC
Government Test of Chevolair Engine
Arthur Chevrolet (right)
(Washington Evening Star)
January 1930 - Louisville, Kentucky
Travel Air Biplane with Chevolair Mill
Arthur Chevrolet (standing on right)
(Louisville Courier-Journal)
Travel Air Biplane
Close up view of Chevolair Engine
6-Cylinder Chevolair Engine
(National Air & Space Museum)
November 1929 - Indianapolis, IN
Summer 1929 - Cleveland, Ohio
Travel Air Mystery Ship
(Kenneth Wilson Collection)
(Peter Bowers Collection)
1930 - Baltimore, Maryland
333 CID Inverted Engine with Air Scoop
Louis Chevrolet Design
(Zenith Carburetor Newsletter)
Today - Washington, DC
333 CID Inverted Engine (Survivor)
333 CID Engine with Flat Cam Cover
1931 - Baltimore, Maryland
6-Cylinder 500 CID Inverted Engine
Inverted Engine in V-8 Configuration
1929 - Baltimore, Maryland
Doyle Oriole Aircraft
Chevrolet 333 Inverted Engine
(Dan Shumaker Collection)
1936 - Location Unknown
Doyle Oriole Airplane
(American Aviation Historical Society)
Doyle Oriole with Chevrolet 333 Engine
Pilot - Zip Franklin
(Franklin Family Collection)
Pilot Gene Foster & Louis Chevrolet
Waco ENF Airplane
(Aviation Engineering)
Waco ENF Aircraft
(National Waco Club)
1930 - Indianapolis, Indiana
E.C. Burghduff & Suzanne Chevrolet
Circa 1930's - Baltimore, Maryland
1930 - Springfield, Massachusetts
Gee Bee Model A Aircraft
(Aeronautical Industries)
1930 - Beaverton, Oregon
Yates Stiper Aircraft
(Beaverton Public Library)
Elmer Yates with Stiper Aircraft
(AeroFiles.com)
February 1931 - Willow Grove, PA
Pitcairn Model PAA-2 Autogiro
(Pitcairn Archives)
Spring 1931 - Willow Grove, PA
6 Pitcairn Autogiros in Flight
PAA-2 at top (with tricycle landing gear)
(Fortune Magazine)
Spring 1931 - Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Day
Errant Aircraft with Chevrolet 333 Mill
June 1931 - Hestonfair Park, England
Mr. & Mrs. Day prepare Errant aircraft
for European leg of their journey
(The Ottawa Citizen)
July 1931 - Berlin, Germany
Mr. & Mrs. Day are photographed at the
Berlin Airport with Errant Aircraft
(Pottsville Republican)
Summer 1931 - Round the World Trip
September 1931 - Calcutta, India
Flight Flown Cover from global trip
December 1931 - Newark, New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Day finish
their round the world adventure
(New York Daily News)
Summer/Fall 1931 - Baltimore, Md
Prototype 333 CID Inverted Engine
Note exhaust exits from side of cylinder
Note unique intake manifold design
Note mounting bosses on crankcase
Circa 1933 - Los Angeles, California
Cornelius Free Wing
Chevrolet/Martin 333 Inverted Engine
(Popular Aviation)
1-30-34 - Los Angeles, California
(Stanford Daily)
June 1934 - Los Angeles, California
Circa 1934 - Los Angeles, California
10-31-34 - Los Angeles, California
George Cornelius writes Martin Co.,
Praises performance of 333 engine
(Frank Rezich/Aerofiles.com)
1937 - Baltimore, Maryland
Glenn L. Martin Co. - Tadpole Clipper
333 Engine Mounted in Fuselage
(GLM Maryland Museum of Aviation)
Today - Baltimore, Maryland
333 mill has magnesium crankcase
barrel, and splined propeller shaft
(Billy Dunbar Photo)
Restored Chevrolet/Martin 333 engine,
serial number 96, at the GLM Museum
(Stan Piet Photo)
Magnesium timing chain cover, note
oil pump assembly at the bottom