A Menasco-Salmson B-2, running on a test stand. | |
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Developed from | Salmson Z9 |
The B-2 was a conversion of Salmson Z9 water-cooled aircraft engines to air cooling by Albert Menasco in the United States.
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 [1]
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