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My fiancee has a prop labelled Kirkland Propellers Haines City, FL. The only thing I can find on the company so far is that it was incorporated in 1975 and is no longer active. It's propped up in the baby's room right now and it's a bit too dark in there to get measurements, I don't see a model number or anything, just the label, I don't see anything stamped on the hub (again, I haven't given it a real close examination, but in the half-light nothing's obvious)... It's kinda late, and insomnia is no fun, so I figured I'd try finding out about this prop. I'll get measurements and take some pictures tomorrow.
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WEll, there were literally hundreds of propeller companies over the years. I haven't heard of Kirkland as such, but the name is associated with some early aviation racing, including a Curtiss-Kirkland 18T that set a world speed record in 1918 and an altitude record a year later.
I'll be interested to see the pictures. Are there numbers stamped around the hub? Sometimes companies built props under licensing from other companies.Dave -
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There are numbers... hadn't noticed them before. They're on the back of the prop (or at least what I'm assuming is the back) on the hub there's a 0 and 597. Also, on one of the blades is stamped Kirkland and underneath is 66 LA 32. This is all visible in the pics. I'm guessing it's close to 5 and a half feet long? tall? whatever... I'm about 5' 6" and it comes up to just above my eyebrows.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2s9putd&s=4
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=r299gz&s=4
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=ffahl2&s=4
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=sowtif&s=4
Anyway, there she is.Comment
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Ah! That's almost certainly an airboat propeller rather than one designed for aircraft use. It has broad, flat pitched blades and truncated ends, and the length and pitch stamped with an "x" between them seems characteristic of them.
I also erred in the reference to earlier association with the name, which is actually Kirkham, not Kirland.
You can find similar props on the Sensenich web site.DaveComment
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