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At the testing chamber for motors at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. After the engine is set up inside the chamber the door is sealed tight and the engine run at full blast for hours on end as an engineer watches it thru the window, records its performance as indicated by the instruments on the panel. East Hartford, Connecticut

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Production. Airplane engines. All the parts of an airplane engine, which has just undergone severe tests in a Midwest plant, are spread out for minute inspection. After the checkup, the engine will be reassembled and sent on for final inspection. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Power section crank cases for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines undergo a careful inspection in a large Eastern plant before assembly into engines that will carry our fighting airmen to victory. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Working on an aircraft engine casing at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft plant in East Hartford, Connecticut

Production. Airplane engines. Airplane engines on the test block at a Midwest plant. After tests are completed, the engine will be torn down for minute inspection of all parts. It will then be reassembled and again tested before shipment to an airplane factory. Continental Motors, Muskegon

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Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine under special test in a secluded and carefully guarded woodland area near a Midwest engine plant. If the engine meets the exacting requirement imposed by the test engineers, it will yield valuable technical data that will influence the construction of other engines

Production. Airplane engines. All the parts of an airplane engine, which has just undergone severe tests in a Midwest plant, are spread out for minute inspection. After the checkup, the engine will be reassembled and sent on for final inspection. Continental Motors, Michigan

At the testing chamber for motors at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. After the engine is set up inside the chamber the door is sealed tight and the engine run at full blast for hours on end as an engineer watches it thru the window, records its performance as indicated by the instruments on the panel. East Hartford, Connecticut

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01/01/1940
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connecticut hartford county east hartford safety film negatives chamber motors pratt whitney aircraft corporation whitney aircraft corporation engine door blast hours end engineer watches engineer watches thru window records performance instruments panel hartford united states history library of congress