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Re: Off Topic: Engine Swaps - P-51 Mustang?

To: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>,
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Engine Swaps - P-51 Mustang?
From: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:09:22 -0000
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From: T. .R. Dafforn <td214@cam.ac.uk>

> Hi All,
> Didn't the British rebadge it in the east as the typhoon or am I thinking of
> something completely different?

No - the Typhoon was an indiginous British product and was built by Hawker. 
It's engine was a Napier H-configuration unit - from memory it might have been 
called the Sabre, but don't quote me on that.
    Cheers,
        Bill.

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