BMW IIIa
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BMW IIIa was an inline six-cylinder SOHC valvetrain, water-cooled aircraft engine, the first-ever engine produced by BMW, who, at the time, were exclusively an aircraft engine manufacturer. Its succes
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's preserved BMW IIIa, shown with quick-change propeller hub
BMW IIIa at the Luftwaffenmuseum
BMW IIIa specifications
Rapp Motorenwerke
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Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH was a German aircraft engine manufacturer based in Munich, Bavaria. Founded in 1913, the firm changed its name in 1917 to Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH. The company later became
Share certificate with the BMW logo showing the change of name from Bayerische Motoren Werke to Süddeutsche Bremsen in 1922
