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Main Street, St Helena4 viewsSt Helena main street
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Main Street, St Helena4 viewsSt Helena Main Street
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Model Bakery, St Helena5 viewsTheir offerings were mouth-watering, but I didn't get a chance to try them. Next time....
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Main Street, St Helena5 viewsSt Helena Main Street
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Pergola5 viewsArchitecturally interesting pergola outside an office building in St Helena, California
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Aircraft Engines4 viewsPart of a collection of old, obscure, useless, but interesting objects in a St Helena motorcycle shop
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Douglas A1B Skyraider engine3 viewsFor $200, you can fire it up and feel its power. No takers?
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Double Cyclone2 viewsPowerplant for Douglas A1B Skyraider attack plane: Wright R-3350-26WA Duplex-Cyclone 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,700 hp (2,000 kW)
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R4360 Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major3 views"More powerful than 2 locomotives, this R4360 Pratt and Whitney sounds better than it looks. $200 gives you the chance to experience history up close." If it's more powerful than two locomotives, does that mean it's more powerful than Superman?
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R4360 Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major2 views28-cylinder supercharged air-cooled four-row radial engine, displacing 4,362.5 cu in (71.489 L), first built in 1944. Used in early post-WWII aircraft such as Boeing B-50, Convair B-36 and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar.
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Brutal Beetle4 viewsThis VW Beetle, made no earlier than 1957 as you can tell from the rear window, was made up to look like a German army weapons platform - not very convincingly; how would you aim and fire the machine gun on top?
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Enjoy Life3 viewsWhat to do with old aircraft engines in St Helena
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