Dan Parslow posts:
>October 1992 marks the 30th anniversary of the Triumph Spitfire!
>Last night on "First Flights" on the Arts & Entertainment channel
>they covered the Hawker Spitfire (as in the hero of the Battle of
>Britain).
Some nitpicking for a Friday afternoon (after all, we who carry
the sacred flame must keep the details straight). Hawker built
the Hurricane. Supermarine built the Spitfire. Both, I believe,
powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engine. The U.S. P51
Mustang wasn't really that great of a fighter until they dropped
the original Allison powerplant and hung the Merlin on the nose.
And I believe the British Lancaster bomber had FOUR Merlins
dragging it through the air. Imagine what that must have
sounded like!
Yours for veddy British accuracy,
Jim Beckman att!mtqua!jeb
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