Round Engines

On Feb 12, 11:33 pm, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:
In article . com,

"Dave" wrote:
On Feb 12, 4:07 pm, "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
The Merlin is the best sounding engine of all time.

My office used to be under the final approach path for runway 15 at
SBA. One day I heard the unmistakable sound of a Merlin pass overhead.
But wait - that sounded like two merlins! What could that be - a
Mosquito?. I had to go look. Sure enough, it was a pair of Merlins -
on a Spanish-built JU-88. How's that for a rare bird? I read somehere
that it had been Franco's personal plane - and also that it later
crashed.

David Johnson

Are you sure that it wasn't a Heinkel? IIRC, the Spanish didn't have
JU-88s.

You are right - my memory failed. I have also seen a Spanish ME-109
with a Merlin.
I read that the Spanish continued building them after WWII, when the
German engines were no longer available.