Johnson Brothers article

[Buccaneer]

I found this article about the early days of the
Johnson brothers, and their journey to making
outboards. Lot of the facts I never heard of
before. Only a page long, but interesting……

http://www.boats.com/reviews/outboard-e … n-history/

I’d love to see photos of the original outboard factories
throughout US and Canada. Is there a book or web page
that delves into the factories?

Prepare to be boarded!

[garry-in-michigan]

A replica of the 1911 Johnson monoplane is in the Smithsonian museum. When put on display it was said by the museum director to be way ahead of it’s time. The first light weight high powered V-4 engine, first use of aluminum in aircraft. But for an "act of God" (tornado) Johnson could have been a leading aircraft builder today. . . 🙂

[amuller]

Very interesting. That looks like quite a sophisticated aircraft (except for the tail, maybe) for the time.

Another interesting piece: http://www.eaa83.org/hd/The_Johnson_Monoplane.pdf

[Buccaneer]

Great information an article, Thanks guys!

Prepare to be boarded!

[oltimer]

quote Garry in Tampa:

A replica of the 1911 Johnson monoplane is in the Smithsonian museum. When put on display it was said by the museum director to be way ahead of it’s time. The first light weight high powered V-4 engine, first use of aluminum in aircraft. But for an "act of God" (tornado) Johnson could have been a leading aircraft builder today. . . 🙂

Garry, I believe we had touched on this subject years back in the old forum. Those of us with the book "Evinrude Johnson" and The Legend of OMC covers this whole area on the "VEE" 4, 6, 8 and 12 cylinder engines for aircraft starting on page 33. It is very clear those other internet connections did not give credit to Jeffery Rodengen who wrote about this before for all to know! When I received his book back in ’92, he signed mine in August. Some will have other dates. Great reading for us members to all pursue.

Jer

[Buccaneer]

If it keeps snowing it’s going to be a "Long Winter", so I just
ordered a used copy of the aforementioned book!
Thanks for the idea!

Prepare to be boarded!

[ed-sam]

There is also a book out there titled "The Four Men From Terre Haute" written by J M Van Fleet. It is all about the Johnson brothers.
Good luck finding a copy. Ed

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