Wright J-5C Whirlwind

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aircraft engine radial engine

The Wright J-5C Whirlwind is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine renowned for its reliability and use in pioneering long-distance flights of the late 1920s.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Wright J-5 Whirlwind 2
Wright J-4 Whirlwind 1
Wright J-series engines 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
radial engine ⓘ
application civil aviation ⓘ
mail planes ⓘ
record-setting flights ⓘ
category 1920s aircraft piston engine ⓘ
piston aircraft engine ⓘ
coolingMethod air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cylinderConfiguration radial ⓘ
designFeature carbureted induction system ⓘ
overhead valves ⓘ
pressure lubrication system ⓘ
single-row radial layout ⓘ
era late 1920s ⓘ
family Wright J-5C Whirlwind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wright J-series engines
fuelType gasoline ⓘ
introducedInDecade 1920s ⓘ
manufacturer Wright Aeronautical Corporation ⓘ
notableFor high reliability ⓘ
use in long-distance flights ⓘ
notableUser Amelia Earhart ⓘ
Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
Wiley Post ⓘ
numberOfCylinders 9 ⓘ
partOfSeries Wright J-5C Whirlwind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wright J-5 Whirlwind

Wright J-5C Whirlwind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wright Whirlwind engine family
powerplantFor light transports ⓘ
mail and utility aircraft ⓘ
single-engine monoplanes ⓘ
roleInHistory contributed to public confidence in air travel ⓘ
enabled nonstop transatlantic flight by a single pilot ⓘ
successorTo Wright J-5C Whirlwind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wright J-4 Whirlwind
usedBy European operators ⓘ
United States operators ⓘ
record-attempt pilots ⓘ
usedInAircraft Boeing Model 40 ⓘ
Fokker Universal ⓘ
Ford Trimotor (early variants) ⓘ
Lockheed Vega ⓘ
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter ⓘ
Travel Air 5000 ⓘ
usedInEvent Orteig Prize ⓘ
surface form: 1927 New York–Paris flight

Amelia Earhart ⓘ
surface form: Amelia Earhart 1928 Atlantic crossing (as passenger, Fokker F.VIIb-3m Friendship)

Charles Lindbergh transatlantic flight ⓘ
Wiley Post long-distance flights in Lockheed Vega ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ryan NYP monoplane → engineModel → Wright J-5C Whirlwind ⓘ
Ryan NYP → engineType → Wright J-5C Whirlwind ⓘ
Spirit of St. Louis → engineType → Wright J-5C Whirlwind ⓘ
Wright J-5C Whirlwind → family → Wright J-5C Whirlwind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wright J-series engines
Wright J-5C Whirlwind → partOfSeries → Wright J-5C Whirlwind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wright Whirlwind engine family
Wright J-5C Whirlwind → partOfSeries → Wright J-5C Whirlwind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wright J-5 Whirlwind
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter → powerplant → Wright J-5C Whirlwind ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wright J-5 Whirlwind
Wright J-5C Whirlwind → successorTo → Wright J-5C Whirlwind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wright J-4 Whirlwind