Compact and powerful, the engines designed by the Italian Alessandro Anzani were chosen to power Louis Blériot’s airplanes. However they were still complex to use : castor oil had to be injected constantly and airmen were subjected to hot oil being forced out of the cylinders during the flight.
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Title: Anzani motor on a Blériot XI aeroplane
Creator: Anzani motor on a Blériot XI aeroplane, 1909. Inv. 45028.
Date: 1909
Location: Paris, France
Physical Dimensions: Épreuve positive sur papier au gélatino-bromure d'argent