Canoe, Hunt, Fish, and Fly, by Otter: Famous Engine Profile: Rolls-Royce Merlin

Friday, April 22, 2005

Famous Engine Profile: Rolls-Royce Merlin

The Merlin was developed in England in 1936 and used in a prototype Spitfire F39/34. The Merlin family of engines powered such famous aircraft such as the Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, de Havilland Mosquito, Mustang and Lancaster Bomber. In early 1941, Rolls Royce licensed Packard Motors to build Merlin engines. By 1943, the Mustang P51B & C (R.A.F. Mustang III) had 1520 hp V1650-3 Packard Merlin engines performing much better than their previous Allison engines. In Canada the Packard Merlins were designated Merlin 28 and 29. When all was said and done, 160,000 Merlins had been produced, 60,000 of them made by Packard! Amazing!

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