In article , ANDREW ROBERT BREEN
writes
In article ,
Keith Willshaw wrote:

In RAF service the Gloster Whirlwind, Mosquito and Beaufighter
all come to mind.

*Westland* Whirlwind - one of the products of the brilliant but
erratic Teddy Petter. Gloster did have a design which was a competitor
for the same spec. - using two Bristol Perseus, IIRC - but it wasn't
selected.

Ob. carriers: The De Havilland Sea Mosquito, using two merlins turning
the same way, had no problems operating from 'carriers.

Guess that arrester hook stopped the wheel shimmy... :-)

The Sea Hornet
did have handed engines, however.

The last museum worthy example of which was seen departing off the end
of a carrier (unmanned and engines stopped) as a catapult test.

Ye Gods...

Cheers,

Dave

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Dave Eadsforth