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Old 10th Sep 2014, 02:40
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In the 50s-60s, at Love Field, one shop did quite a few P&W <=> Wright engine swaps. Dallas Airmotive was the name, IIRC.

One such converted DC-3 crashed on a test flight. Although this accident report shows P&W power, in fact the ship had just completed conversion to Wright engines.
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