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The Insane Engineering of the Spitfire
The Spitfire is one of the most legendary fighter planes in history, but its success in the Battle of Britain was no accident. From its revolutionary elliptical wing design to its powerful Rolls-Royce ...
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Aeroboat packs 1,100 seahorses of Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 power
Each of the dozen Aeroboats to be built will pack a reconditioned, marinized, fuel-injected Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engine – the same 27-liter powerplant that propelled the Spitfire. With 1,100 ...
‘Spitfires belong in the skies’: The engineers keeping the Second World War fighters flying
“Everyone remembers the Spitfire because of the shape of the ... He is making an engine bearer – the frame the Merlin rests ...
Doomed WWII RAF Mosquito's engine restored for new memorial to our flying heroes
For years one of the engines of an RAF Mosquito reconnaissance spy plane has lain on the Welsh hillside where it crashed - ...
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Coningsby BBMF Spitfire comes off runway on landing
The PM631 Spitfire has a Griffon engine, rather than a Merlin like others which have been grounded. A Spitfire operated by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight crashed in May, killing the pilot.