It should come as no surprise that Jan P. Norbye penned this piece on
the history of Lycoming, the engine manufacturer, for SIA #42,
November-December 1977; after all, Norbye also wrote the comprehensive
article on fellow engine maker Continental that had previously appeared
in SIA.
Like Continental, Lycoming had just as much success in building
aircraft engines as they did automotive engines, and Lycoming also
supplied a good swath of the assembled-vehicle ranks of the 1910s and
1920s. However, Pennsylvania-based Lycoming stuck to engines instead of
venturing off into cars, and in particular, focused on straight-eights.
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