Never been to an aviation museum

[Greg Hermann]

>On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 Teller.John at orbital.com wrote:
>
>> When you do get to an aviation museum, take a look at one of those WWII
>>German
>> Daimler-Benz DB603 engines (I think they installed them in the BF109G).  Dual
>> superchargers, 12 Cylinder inverted V, fuel injected.  Nifty looking
>>monsters.
>>
>>
>There were many others. The Brits [!] were among the best as far as
>wringing the max HP per litre from aircraft engines. Check out the 60, 70
>and 100 series 2 stage, 2 speed supercharged Merlins

But the Griffon was the one!

Greg

that put out a lot
>more power from a lot less cubes the the DBs [not knocking the DBs, for
>they had many interesting features like a variable speed supercharger,
>direct injection into the cylinder, NOx injection etc] Then there was
>Napiers and their H-12s and H-24 sleeve valve engines.