The Snapshots in Time Collection

Radial Engine Maintenance on Biplane Aircraft, Edward P. McAleer Collection

Radial Engine Maintenance on Biplane Aircraft, Edward P. McAleer Collection

Ground crew perform maintenance on the exposed radial engine of a biplane aircraft, supported by a wooden hoist rig, in this photograph from the Edward P. McAleer collection. Such routine servicing was essential to keeping early military aircraft operational during the interwar and early WWII years. Project: 218139