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WOODWARD AIRCRAFT ENGINE CONTROL HISTORY PROJECT.

WOODWARD AIRCRAFT ENGINE CONTROLS.jpg Governor mechanism patent.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's little propeller governor.Governor mechanism patent.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's little propeller governor.Governor mechanism patent.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's little propeller governor.Governor mechanism patent.ThumbnailsElmer Woodward's little propeller governor.

The Oldwoodward.com collection has 4 controls from this picture. The CSSA propeller governor, an airbleed governor type(for the PT6 engine)an over-speed propeller governor and the CFM56-3 main engine control. History in the making!