Last time, I talked about how, even in the 21st Century, wooden propellers have advantages over metal propellers. For one thing, wooden propellers deal with the many vibrations of the engine and the ...

Wooden propellers were widely used on all aircraft prior to 1920 and especially during World War I. They continued to be placed on aircraft over the next decade with decreasing regularity -- with a ...

ONE SUMMER DAY IN 1928, HARRY AND MARTIN SENSENICH TOOK THEIR PROPELLER-DRIVEN farm wagon on its maiden flight, so to speak, hurtling down the narrow dirt roads of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It ...

Take a rare look inside the world’s biggest wood propeller factory and see how craftsmanship keeps aviation history alive.