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Aviation History
1936
1936 - 1705.PDF
690 FLIGHT. JUNE 25, 1936. ; $8 I Two Vickers Bombers Above, the twin-engined, so far un-named machine, and below the Wellesley. engines and are of " geodetic " construction. Flight photographs.) Both have Bristol Pegasus A broken oil connection cut short the flight of the new Vickers-Supermarine single-seater fighter. With a Rolls- Royce Merlin liquid-cooled engine, built into a machine of very small size and with retractable undercarriage, the Spitfire I, as the machine is called, may well merit the term, " The world's fastest fighter," painted on a placard. li^^MfcMlB^ o Quite impossible weather conditions during the morning were responsible for the absence of the Vickers single- seater lighter with Bristol Aquila sleeve-valve engine. The machine had been flown at Brooklands the afternoon be fore, but heavy rains and no visibility made it impossible to fly it to Eastleigh for the demonstration. Flight is, however, able to publish a photograph of the machine. An interesting comparison should be possible with the two fighters, one with the larger and very high-power liquid-cooled engine and the other with a smaller radial engine of much lower power. There are those who hold that the use of the larger engine does not necessarily lead to any great improvement in performance, because the machine itself has to be larger. r m *. Above, the Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire I with Rolls- Royce Merlin engine, and on the right, the Vickers P.V. fighter with Bristol Aquila sleeve valve engine. (Flight photographs.)
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