The Rolls Royce Merlin WWII Fighter Plane Engines Modified For Hydroplane Racing

Yeah - nicely built engines... I read a book by one of the main engineers on the development of the Merlin and then Griffin engines... Melbourne / State Library had it... Very good read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin ------------- Might be the book.... Lovesey, A C. "Development of the Rolls-Royce Merlin from 1939 to 1945." Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Volume 18, Issue 7. London, MCB UP Ltd., July 1946. ISSN 0002-2667.

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