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