IMPROVED AIRCRAFT ENGINE
R.cd. 7 p.m. New York, Aug. 25. American aircraft experts have perfected an engine which enables planes to fly 10,000 feet higher than at pr sent. j The Packard Motor Company dis- ' closes that the new engine is a RollsRoyce aircraft type of 1500 horsej power. A supercharger automatically ! provides a supp ementarv supply of '■ oxygen as the plane reaches a higher : altitude and the air rarifies. Tests have shown that the new engine also gives an improved performance at low alti-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 202, 27 August 1943, Page 5
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