Surviving R-1535s

[Rocketeer]

How many known, examples of the Pratt & Whitney R-1535 can be found in museums and collections these days? Are there any surviving ones that could easily be made airworthy? Thanks

[John Dupre]

I heard once at the Pratt and Whitney company museum that there were only four R-1535s survivng and a couple of years later there was a fifth one advertised for sale in a magazine. I think the four were the P&W museum example, the original Hughes racer, the Marcoux Bromberg special at the New England Air Museum and I think the USAF museum had one. A fifth one definitely turned up in the magnificent reproduction of the Hughes Racer that crashed in the West.

[Rocketeer]

Thanks for the response. I'm almost certain that there was an R-1535 at the National Museum of the United States Navy in Pensacola on display as well as one in their SB2U Vindicator.

[rcaf_100]

There should be one in the A-17A at Dayton. The Nomad on outdoor display in Peru is R-1820 powered.

[Mike]

I believe that the San Diego Air & Space Museum have sourced an example for their forthcoming Hughes H-1 replica.

[barnbstormer]

Back in the 70's (going on decades ago memory) we were negotiating to buy the Marcoux Bromberg racer (project). In exploring the options, we had already tried to source a 1535. Speed Hanzlick of Flushing Airport had one in one of his hangars and offered it to my Dad, if we got the racer. (Dad kept -and flew-his Navion, Lambert/Monocoupe, and Emigh Trojan there. and he built a bunch of oil/Smoke tanks for the Skytypers operation there)We had sent a deposit on the plane, but it was returned, and the plane went to The New England Air Museum. When Speed passed away, his nephew Johnny was always into vintage aircraft, and still had a lot of vintage parts in the backs of the hangars. Flushing was there since 1927...He had a Waco UPF that he restored over many years-(he had an infamous incident when moving the rebuilt wings between hangars, after decades of work, and someone drove through them!)I believe the airport closed or changed hands around 1984. I don't know what ever happened to that engine, since. Johnny passed away a long time ago, also..

[Rocketeer]

Make that two R-1535s for Dayton, since the NMUSAF's O-46 has one.

[barnbstormer]

According to the old , book/list of world-wide aero engines in museums (that are/were NOT in aircraft), the New England Aircraft Museum had Three; 1535-11, 1535-82, 1535-96,with inventory numbers: S-AC-35-498, S-199, and S-1249, respectively. There was another 1535 (inventory # M-013028) in the Pratt & Whitney Collection at the Company. The least known, might be the 1535-SB4G at Museu Do Ar in Portugal. And, as already noted, the Air Force Museu