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"Here" is Colorado.
No, it's not a Fleet in the photo. It's one of the 1918 - 1920 airplanes that initially used the six cylinder Anzani, a Bellanca biplane. The photo was taken in 1919 in Maryland.
The engine is a bit smaller than most of the WW I aircraft engines, and is rated for 55 or 60 hp. It's an evolution of the earlier three-cylinder Anzanis, and the company later brought out larger engines. I know that a ten cylinder Anzani was commercially available, and I've seen an ad for a 20 cylinder one, but given how lightly this one was built, that seems almost outrageous.
Our plans are to get the engine running. At this point we have no plans beyond that. This is simply an engine project.
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