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And no round engine. Lots of good reasons why the USN preferred
air-cooled over liquid-cooled engines.

-Mike Marron


At what point did the USN decide they preferred twin-engined a/c?
What's the evolution of that philosophy? Did it come out of the
sometimes questionable reliability of early turbine powerplants? Before
the advent of jets, was there ever any similar preference expressed for
piston twins?