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Keith Hardy · 01-10-06, 08:30 PM

Interesting stuff! As a matter of further interest during it's service life the Spitfire was powered by 2 similar sized RR V12's - Merlin and Griffon, which was used in the later models from MKXII. The Griffon was far more powerful and ended up powering Coastal Command Shackletons for many years. The Meteor tank engine, used in the Centurion for example, was a Merlin family derivative so I'm sure that it was a "Spitfire" engine in spirit if not in fact (more likely to have been a Meteor -far more plentiful and a whole bunch cheaper). Whatever, he was (probably still is!) a great character who took on the might of the establishment.

01-10-06, 08:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
Keith Hardy Keith1 10 tenths Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England GT40: Nein Posts: 1,977 Rep Power: 26	Re: Dodd Special Interesting stuff! As a matter of further interest during it's service life the Spitfire was powered by 2 similar sized RR V12's - Merlin and Griffon, which was used in the later models from MKXII. The Griffon was far more powerful and ended up powering Coastal Command Shackletons for many years. The Meteor tank engine, used in the Centurion for example, was a Merlin family derivative so I'm sure that it was a "Spitfire" engine in spirit if not in fact (more likely to have been a Meteor -far more plentiful and a whole bunch cheaper). Whatever, he was (probably still is!) a great character who took on the might of the establishment.