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  BMW 801 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The BMW 801 was a powerful German air-cooled radial aircraft engine built by BMW and used in a number of German military aircraft of World War II.
The resulting proposal was a two-row version of the 132, the 1,400 hp (1,029 kW) BMW 139.
Differences between the 139 and the new design, named the 801 after BMW was given a new block of engine numbers to use, were fairly minor and limited primarily to details except for 14-cylinders instead of 18.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BMW_801   (1328 words)

  
 BMW 132 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The BMW 132 was a nine-cylinder (Pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing) radial (The engine that powers and aircraft) aircraft engine produced by (additional info and facts about BMW) BMW starting in 1933.
The 132 was an improved version of the (additional info and facts about Pratt & Whitney Hornet) Pratt & Whitney Hornet engine, which they had been building under license as the BMW 114.
The 132 found widespread use in the (An exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes) transport role, remaining the primary powerplant of the (additional info and facts about Junkers Ju 52) Junkers Ju 52 for much of its life.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bm/bmw_1322.htm   (128 words)

  
 BMW 132 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The BMW 132 was a nine-cylinder radial aircraft engine produced by BMW starting in 1933.
The 132 was an improved version of the Pratt and Whitney Hornet engine, which they had been building under license as the BMW 114.
The 132 found widespread use in the transport role, remaining the primary powerplant of the Junkers Ju 52 for much of its life.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BMW_132   (96 words)

  
 geschiedenis
BMW Hornet and BMW Xa are the names of the first radial engines from the BMW works in Munich.
The BMW 132 radial engine is the first in-house development based on a Pratt and Whitney design.
BMW wins the Italian Mille Miglia again by a generous margin with the ’aerodynamic coupé’ based on the 328.
home.student.uva.nl /ewout.luykx/Bmw/geschiedenis/geschiedenis.html   (793 words)

  
 News & Press Releases - Overview - BMW North America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
To a large extent, the BMW Group will therefore be able to offset the external adverse factors affecting it.” For the second quarter, earnings per share were euro 0.98 for each share of common stock (second quarter 2004: euro 0.99) and euro 0.99 for each share of preferred stock (second quarter 2004: euro 1.00).
The BMW Group had a worldwide workforce of 105,888 employees as of June 30, 2005, 0.5% more than one year earlier (June 30, 2004: 105,388 employees) and 0.1% less than at the end of 2004 (December 31, 2004: 105,972 employees).
At the same time, the proportion of new cars of the BMW Group leased or financed by the Financial Services segment was increased during the first half of 2005 to 41.2% compared to 39.6% in the equivalent period last year.
www.bmwusa.com /bmwexperience/buzz/news.htm?article=201   (1334 words)

  
 BMW History, A Travel Guide
The BMW jet drove an alternator and hydraulic pump to operate the flaps and landing gear.
BMW / MAN Factory In 1936, under pressure from the Reich Aircraft Ministry, BMW built a camouflaged plant in Allach, on the north edge of Allach.
After the war, BMW's "shadow factory" was only partly dismantled as the Allies used it as a vehicle maintenance facility under the 143rd Ordnance Base Automotive Battalion directed by Schorsch Meier and renamed the Karlsfeld Ordnance Depot.
members.tripod.com /~BMWhistory   (3033 words)

  
 BMWNation.com > News
The BMW Group is thus continuing its market initiative consistently and creating an important structural framework for its envisaged growth in Asia.
The BMW Group is thus supplementing its global IT infrastructure with a third pillar in Asia, in addition to the two existing IT centres in Germany (for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions) and the USA (for North and South America).
The comprehensive involvement of the BMW Group in Malaysia will be supplemented by the second half of 2004 by the relocation of the parts distribution centre for the Asia-Pacific-Oceania region, which is currently still based in Singapore.
www.bmwnation.com /news/2003/030715_a.html   (698 words)

  
 Automotive News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
BMW will drop the Z8 at the end of the 2003 model year after only about three years.
The next big BMW coupe will be the 2004 redesign of the 6 series coupe, followed by a 6 series convertible, probably in 2005.
BMW has lacked a strong presence in the high-end coupe niche since the 6 series was retired in 1990.
www.autonews.com /article.cms?articleId=41755&a=a&bt=BMW+Z8   (763 words)

  
 BMW 801 Fuel Injection Pump
The BMW 801 was Germany's most powerful radial engine throughout WW II when one does not consider the BMW 803 which never actually left its prototype stadium.
The 2000 hp BMW 801 TJ fitted with a turbo supercharger for high altitudes was installed in the Junkers Ju 388.
The fuel injection equipment was of a new type, differing considerably from that employed on the earlier BMW 132 engine.
cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de /~vernalek/glc9-2106US.html   (981 words)

  
 5,000th BMW vehicle built in Kaliningrad
This BMW 5 Series vehicle is a major milestone in the plant’s history, and since its establishment the Avtotor plant has become one of the biggest automobile assembly plants in Russia.
In 1999 the German BMW concern came to the conclusion that it was necessary to start producing its vehicles in Russia and established the BMW Russland Trading company that became the BMW representative in Russia.
Having received international recognition as one of the best BMW assembly plants in the world and maintaining the highest quality of production, the Kaliningrad plant becomes a perfect element in the BMW Group corporate standards whose main objective is to strictly meet the client's demands.
www.bmw.ru /english/world/news/content.asp?pageID=100&year=2002   (1032 words)

  
 Henschel Hs 132 Luft '46 entry
The fuselage was of a circular cross-section, and constructed entirely of metal, and the single BMW 003 jet engine was mounted on the fuselage top.
The mid-fuselage mounted wings were mostly of wooden construction, and had a slight taper on the leading and trailing edges.
The flight profile had the Hs 132 begin its high-speed attack at a range outside the ships' range of fire.
www.luft46.com /henschel/hs132.html   (486 words)

  
 BW Online | October 7, 2002 | BMW's Little Car That Could--Again
When BMW rolled out its Teutonic take on the classic Mini in Britain last July, German executives had their misgivings.
So BMW has to keep the appeal fresh--something of a challenge for a car that's an exercise in nostalgia to begin with.
BMW plans to run assembly lines around the clock at the Oxford Mini factory and boost capacity by 10%.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/02_40/b3802161.htm   (912 words)

  
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24 ARNIE COLEMAN BMW 49.818 51.394 48.960 48.960 876 7.
9 RYAN AULT BMW 61.575 DNF 56.297 56.297 762 10.
79 SEAN BROWN BMW DNF 58.700 60.886 58.700 758 8.
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 BMW World - Vintage Engines
1944 - BMW was one of the first companies to mass-produce engines for the jet age, equipping Me262, Arado234 and He162 aircraft with first-generation jet engines.
The BMW RR 715 powers the Boeing 717 aircraft.
BMW World is a private enthusiast site not associated with BMW AG.
www.bmwworld.com /engines/vintage1.htm   (424 words)

  
 Planet Models - German Swordfish - The Arado Ar 95A/W   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Powered by the 845 hp BMW 132 radial, the Ar 95V1 was soon joined by the Ar 95V-2, which was powered by a 600 hp Junkers Jumo 210 liquid-cooled engine.
This powerplant did not provide the same performance the V1 possessed and the V2 was quickly re-engined with the BMW 132.
Equipping Gruppo (Group) 64 in Majorca for anti-shipping operations during the Spanish Civil War, the unit was disbanded in April of 1939 and the aircraft handed over to the Spanish Nationalists, who operated them in the maritime reconnaissance role until 1948.
www.squadron.com /old/ar95/ar95review.htm   (1382 words)

  
 BMW 132E Engine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The BMW 132 series was the principal large radial engine used in Germany during the early 1930s.
In 1929, BMW (Bavarian Motor Works) obtained a license to build the "Hornet" in Germany.
From 1929 to 1945, more than 21,000 BMW 132 engines were built.
www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/engines/eng7.htm   (103 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
BMW WilliamsF1 Team driver and 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya was third at 1:10.982, 132.107 and six-time World Champion and two-time USGP winner Michael Schumacher was fourth at 1:11.036, 132.007.
The Formula BMW qualifying session set the grid for the two races scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
The Formula BMW series’ participation at the Speedway provides several historical notes: Tom Sutherland, a native of Campbell, Calif., will Saturday become the youngest driver to compete at the Speedway.
www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=3034   (891 words)

  
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The BMW 003 was available earlier than the Jumo 004, but was less powerful and had more theething troubles.
Revolutions: 2500rpm Consumption: SFC: 0.572 lb/hp/hr BMW 801 The BMW 801 was a very successfull high-power radial, Type: BMW 801C Year: Country: Germany Configuration: Two-row, fourteen-cylinder radial.
BMW 803 The 803 was a 28-cylinder, liquid-cooled, four-row radial.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/airforce/engines.txt   (4523 words)

  
 MTU's partner: 75 years of cooperation with Pratt & Whitney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
75 years ago, BMW Flugmotorenbau, one of MTU's predecessor companies, planted the seeds of profitable cooperation with Pratt and Whitney when the two companies inked a license agreement on air-cooled radial engines.
All of these pioneer machines were powered by the same engine, a 600-hp., twelve-cylinder BMW VI.
It was this engine, later succeeded by the BMW VII, which racked up big sales for BMW and catapulted the company into the big league of engine makers.
www.mtu.de /en/special/report/inhalt/partner_der_mtu   (632 words)

  
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The BMW 139 consisted of 2 BMW 132 radial engines which were based on the Pratt&Whitney Hornet radial from 1926.
Finally it was decided to replace the meanwhile obsolete BMW 139 with the more powerful and more reliable BMW 801 engine with 1,600 hp.
The BMW 801 had only 14 cylinders, but was heavier than the BMW 139.
www.fortunecity.de /kunterbunt/ostsee/122/190.htm   (958 words)

  
 Articles - Junkers Ju 52   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Originally prototyped in 1930 with one engine by Ernst Zindel in the Junkers works at Dessau, its corrugated metal fuselage gave a characteristic boxy appearance.
Three BMW Hornet engines improved performance and load carrying abilities, the aircraft now redesignated as Ju 52/3m (3 motoren = 3 engines).
As a Lufthansa airliner, the Ju 52 could seat seventeen, reaching Rome from Berlin in 8 hours.
www.izeez.com /articles/Junkers_Ju_52   (224 words)

  
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BMW 1 6 15 = 22 Alan Blackwell M, Robert Morse M, Tim Treadway M 3.
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 The Junkers Ju-87 Stuka
The Hs-123 was of mostly metal construction, except for fabric-covered wings, rudder, and elevators, and featured a wide-span top wing and a shorter-span lower wing; taildragger landing gear, with the spatted main gear assembles fitted to the wings for a wide track; and an open cockpit.
The Hs-123 V1 was powered by a BMW 132-A 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine providing 485 kW (650 HP).
It featured an uprated BMW 132Dc engine with 545 kW (730 HP) for take-off and twin MG-17 7.92 millimeter (0.309 caliber) machine guns firing through the upper part of the engine cowling, using synchronizer gear to avoid hitting the propeller blades.
www.vectorsite.net /avstuka.html   (6006 words)

  
 Aircraft Engines of World War II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Type: BMW 003 Year: 1940 Country: Germany Configuration: Single-spool turbojet with seven-stage compressor, sixteen fuel burners, single-stage turbine.
Cylinders: Bore: 156mm Stroke: 156mm Capacity: 41.8 l Compression: Length: 20006mm Diameter: 1290mm Weight: 1055kg Power: 1600hp Revolutions: 2700rpm Consumption: SFC: 0.506 lb/hp/hr Usage: Do 217, Fw 190 BMW 802 Similar in layout to the BMW 801, the 802 was a eighteen-cylinder two-row radial rated at 2400hp.
Type: BMW 803 Year: 1945 Country: Germany Configuration: 28-cylinder, four-row, liquid-cooled radial.
www.ww2guide.com /engines.shtml   (4612 words)

  
 X3world - 5 Spoke OEM 19" Rims and Tyres
Since the current Euro to USD is 1.21634, his statement that these are 3000Euro at the dealer would equate to ~$3,650USD.
The BMW name, marks, and Roundel logo used in the pages of this Web Site are the property of BMW AG.
This web site is not sponsored or affiliated in any way with BMW AG or any of its subsidiaries.
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 VW Passat 2.5 V6 TDI with 132 kW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
VW Passat 2.5 V6 TDI with 132 kW
The new top models among the diesel versions of the Passat come with all-wheel drive and six-speed gearboxes as standard, thereby satisfying the exacting EC 4 Standard.
BMW of NA, BMW AG, Mercedes-Benz USA, DaimlerChrysler AG, Porsche Cars North America, Dr. Ing.h.c.F. Porsche AG, Volkswagen of America and Volkswagen AG and any of their respective subsidiaries.
www.germancarfans.com /news.cfm?NewsID=2030304.005   (399 words)

  
 German Bombers of World War II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Ju 86E and G with more powerful petrol fuelled BMW 132 radials gave better performance but the aircraft still suffered by comparison with the He 111.
Luftwaffe Ju 86s were used mainly as trainers and transports (including during the 1942-43 Stalingrad airlift), Hungary's saw op erational use on the Eastern Front 1941-42 and South Africa's were flown on coastal patrol duties but also saw service as bombers against Italian forces in East Africa during 1941.
The BMW 132 radial was subsequently fitted to all but a few of the earliest aircraft.
www.ww2guide.com /germanb.shtml   (4517 words)

  
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24 ARNIE COLEMAN BMW 86.132 DNF DNF 84.468 84.468 916 5.
318 FRASER CRENSHAW BMW 96.943 97.337 94.700 94.700 862 12.
5 GREG MARQUIS BMW 88.973 88.035 86.052 86.052 877 6.
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Type: Bv 237 Function: fighter Year: 1944 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1700hp BMW 801D Speed: 579km/h Ceiling: Range: 2000km Armament: 2*g30mm 2*g20mm 2*g13.2mm Bv 238, Blohm und Voss The BV 238 was a big flying boat, and the heaviest aircraft in the world when it first flew.
Type: Ju 86E-1 Function: bomber Year: 1936 Crew: 4 Engines: 2 * 595kW BMW 132F Speed: 360km/h Ceiling: 7500m Range: 1400km Armament: 3*mg7.92mm 1000kg Ju 87 'Stuka', Junkers 'Stuka' or 'Sturzkampfflugzeug' was the general German terminology for dive-bombers, but the 'inverted gull'-winged, fixed-undercarriage Ju 87 was the most famous and feared of all.
The second G 38 carried 34 passengers, fromwich 6 were seated in the leading edges of the big, thick wing, and two in to nose.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/airforce/ger_mil.txt   (17614 words)

  
 Planet Models 1/48 Ar-95   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Powered by the BMW 132 radial, the Ar-95 V1 was soon joined by the Ar-95 V-2, which was powered by a Junkers Jumo 210 liquid-cooled engine.
It did not provide the same performance as the V1 and was re-engined with the BMW 132; the V-3 and V-5, which were three-seater and the prototype of the Ar-95A floatplane, were radial-powered from the outset.
Tests revealed that the design fell short of the specified performance, and it was realized the Ar-95 would be - at best - obsolescent by the time Graf Zeppelin was commissioned.
m2reviews.cnsi.net /reviews/axis/cleaverar95.htm   (1318 words)

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