 | World War 2 Aero Engines| Old Threads Discuss World War 2 Aero Engines in the Old Stuff forums; 2 more for the list:
Avro York
P-40 F/L (Packard Merlin, built under license)
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07-12-2004, 10:42 AM
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Avro York
P-40 F/L (Packard Merlin, built under license)
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07-12-2004, 01:22 PM
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#17 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | the avro york was a post war conversion....................
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07-12-2004, 09:32 PM
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| Maybe it's wrong, but my reference has the first prototype flying on July 5, 1942 and the third prototype being used as a VIP transport for Churchill from 1943. BOAC had 5 of them in 1944 for use as transports between the UK and North Africa. | |
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07-15-2004, 01:17 PM
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Country: | they're generally considered a post-war plane as they were fist used on a "large" scale during the berlin airlift......................
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07-16-2004, 11:21 AM
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| Lancs, I reckon you know way more about the York than I do, but just reading from the book, those 5 in the BOAC were production models (C.1s). But would they be considered civilian aircraft?? Hmm...
No doubt that the majority of Yorks were post-war, but I wonder if it's okay to sneak them on to the list anyway? | |
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07-16-2004, 01:20 PM
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#21 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | you might as well, the york used the same wings and engines (amoung other things) as the lancaster......................
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10-31-2005, 03:07 AM
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| The F model of the Curtis P-40 Warhawk (about 1300 built) also used the R-R Merlin engine. A copy of the North American P-51 Mustang built under license in Austraila also used the Merlin along with another Aussie bird whose name eludes me now, but, I will find out and post another reply.
This is cool. I 've studied WW2 aircraft all my life but never find anyone to disscuss it with. | |
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10-31-2005, 04:13 AM
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Country: | A copy of the North American P-51 Mustang used the Merlin engine because the real North American P-51 Mustang used the Merlin engine too. The major variants of the wartime Mustangs anyway.
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10-31-2005, 04:15 AM
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| I think the Bouchon was a post war conversion of the Bf109, if we want to include post war planes there is also the Fiat G59 (basically a G55 with Merlin instead of DB605)
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