Re: Packard-Rolls P-51 Mustang

Posted by JWL On 2015/6/12 11:44:26

We need to remember that the first Mustangs (P-51As) were fitted with the Allison V-12 engines. Most of these first generation aircraft went to the RAF in England. The English found them to be lacking in range, speed, and altitude performance. The RAF, to improve performance, installed a few Rolls Royce Merlin engines to test in their Mustangs. The performance improvement was outstanding. The rest, as they say, is history.

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