BRITISH AERO ENGINE
(Special Correspondent.) (Rec. Noon.) LONDON, Jan. 13. Further details have now been released of the Napier Sabre aero engine, the fastest and most powerful in the world, which has enabled the Typhoon fighters to achieve their many successes. The New Zealand Typhoon Squadron, incidentally, has the reputation of being among the best in England. . The Sabre engine, which is less than 6ft long, develops more power than the Royal Scot locomotive. It has a maximum power output of 2200 horse-power with maximum revolutions of 3700 per minute. 14 weighs a little over a ton • (23001 b).
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 39, 14 January 1944, Page 5
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