Powerplants built to propel heavier-than-air aircraft, spanning the piston radial and inline engines of the propeller era and the turbojet, turbofan and turboprop engines that followed. Belongs here: named aircraft engine families and specific models, whether piston or jet, civil or military. Does not belong here: automotive, locomotive or marine engines, even where an aircraft engine design was later adapted for another use.
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1. Wikipedia: Wright Flyer
WikipediaWright Flyer, first flight date
The Wright Flyer... made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on December 17, 1903.
Wright Flyer, engine design section
Since they could not find a suitable automobile engine for the task, they commissioned their employee Charlie Taylor to build a new design from scratch, a lightweight 12-horsepower (9-kilowatt) gasoline engine, weighing 180 pounds (82 kg), with a 1-US-gallon (3.8 L; 0.83 imp gal) fuel tank.
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