WASP AERO ENGINES
TO BE MADE IN AUSTRALIA LICENCE FROM AMERICA NEW YORK, Oct. 15. The Pratt Whitney division of the United Aircraft Corporation at Hartford, Connecticut, has announced that it has licensed the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Melbourne, to manufacture the Wasp type of engines. Wing-Commander L. J. Wackett and other Australian experts have been at the factory for months studying manufacturing methods. The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation will also manufacture the North America NA 16. a two-seater military 'plane, in which the Wasp is the standard engine.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 247, 18 October 1937, Page 7
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