Rotary engines were not used on large aircraft just ... In Rhinebeck NY there is an airdrome where they put on air shows with WW1 planes that have rotary engines. Good show, don’t miss it if you ...

John Elliot’s Fokker Triplane at Warrenton-Fauquier Airport in Virginia has succesfully been installed with a 1918 LeRhone ...

WWI planes, especially ones with rotary engines like the D.VIII, would spray castor oil — used at the time instead of aviation oil — all over the place when they were turning.

Fair enough, perhaps. Until you ask the 41-year-old about the engine powering it. He enthusiastically points out that the original 1915 model had 'a big old-fashioned rotary engine in the front ...