"John B" wrote in message
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i always like how brits will claim they designed it. it was a pure north
american aircraft corp design. the brits first bought it and they get
credit
for the merlin engine, but even those were made here by packard and
improved upon.

They never claim they designed it, but they did issue the specs. How could
Packard ever improve a Merlin?




Redesigned it for mass production, for assembly by semi-skilled workers,
not 'watchmakers' and custom fitting that Rolls Royce used.


Packard Merlins apparently also came with a standard toolkit, which always
impressed the ground crews.



Another few "brit" initiations.

1. Mirror Landing System - throw away your bats lads.

2. Angled Flight Decks.

3. Armoured Flight Decks.

4. Steam Catapults.

And

5. Missile Silos.

Think very carefully before you jump in.

JohnB


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Cheers

Dave Kearton