600 H.P. AIR ENGINE.
Anotjipr secret of. ; the way-, was i dis- : closed \yhen it was announced that -during a YZepppli-i rijid one of thoraii-ighips strayed as'.fay as 'Pef,by.,an4' <?i'fipped fchr.ee hoijitis inside • oie ,4io|lsr%)yce, apro • engine wqvks, , }vheve thpy e^r-lofle'd'; on!» vacant iaiid'.. . ■ It is forfipiate the Hun ■■$!?.. aim, . for. at tbat time : tfie lyorjjis' were concentrating ,' 0n ..., the '. faoijpus ' 'fEagie''and "Fal^csi''! ..engine?, . wliiie|i .did -inucli"! tq enable; thq Royal -4jr ,l?prce .tapstaji: lish its asceq^jinpy. .T-he, "E^gle," yiis, originally designed to produce 200 : |^rscf power, but by- various ipaprqvpijient's and' without adding tp.j-jio wpight f»r the size of the enginq ? . it ii ( QW Jdpvelpps 360-h.p. '! \ !'";"•• i ', '! ,'■■" ...-■■' y" ■ Although', it is stated, Messrs RqJlsRbyce purppse esyentiuilly returning (q motor-cars, they are, 'ati tft? ffiPpeitt ppnr cpntrating on aero 'wgin!EJß,'r.r>articularly one they describe, o£;600Koi ; se power,"" to be known .- aSY ■ tjip'"Condon-." This engine, it is claimed^ wijl be the. most pp^erf ill ih' existence and will do much; to solve the problem of commercial aviation. They expect that it will develop anything between 800 and lOQO-horse power. __ ' ' •■-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14846, 25 February 1919, Page 5
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177600 H.P. AIR ENGINE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14846, 25 February 1919, Page 5
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