Description
Every Porsche enthusiast knows them well – the legendary 356 and 911 sports cars from Stuttgart. Less well known, however, is that the boxer engines of these two automotive icons also formed the basis for successful Porsche aircraft engines: the four-cylinder Type 678 and the PFM 3200 with six cylinders. Both engines, but above all the PFM 3200, which is still exemplary in terms of efficiency and noise development, take up the main part of the 184-page work by Porsche expert Jürgen Gassebner. A pilot himself for 25 years and at the controls of the Pützer Elster B “D-ELKY” since 2010 as the “Flying Ambassador” of the Porsche Museum, the Stuttgart native researched and photographed the history of Porsche in aviation over two decades. The best and most interesting of this has now found its way into this book. Excellently illustrated, entertainingly written and with a technical-historical depth, Gassebner takes the German- and English-speaking reader on an exciting journey through time that begins more than 100 years ago when Professor Ferdinand Porsche designed his first aircraft engine. A unique work among Porsche books, in which not only the Porsche aircraft engines but also the sports cars from Zuffenhausen are not neglected.
Technical details:
Format: 25 x 30 cm, hardcover
Pages: 184
Photos: more than 150
Language: English and German
