Instructions for Le Rhone engine

Selected pages from this technical manual include a complete parts list and schematic drawings of the Le Rhone aircraft engine. Le Rhone firsts: "On August 23, 1913, Léon Letort performed the first non-stop flight between Paris and Berlin when he flew his Morane-Saulnier monoplane fitted with an 80-hp Le Rhône engine the 560 miles between the two capitals in 8 hours." - from Aviation History Facts, U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission "In August 1917, the Sopwith Pup, fitted with an 80-hp Le Rhone engine, was the first aircraft to land aboard a moving ship, the Royal Navy's H.M.S. Furious." - from An Illustrated History of World War OneTechnical manual