OLD RHINEBECK AERODROME

Heath Henderson B-4

Country: Chicago, IL
  U.S.A.
Year: 1928
Horsepower: 30
R.P.M.: 3000
Weight: 119 lbs.
Displacement: 83 cu. in.
Configuration: 4 cylinder in-line, 
air-cooled
Used in: Heath Parasol, 
  Dormoy Bathtub

The B-4 was developed as an aircraft conversion of the Henderson motorcycle engine for Ed Heath's Parasol.  In the late twenties and early thirties it was not uncommon to find converted motorcycle engines in home-built aircraft.

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