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1912 Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost Double Pullman Limousine Auctioned for Record Breaking $7.2 Million


Supermarine Spitfire from the RAF in WWII - tests began in 1936 and the last one was built in 1948 yet many still fly today and the sound of that Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is unmistakable.



Westland Whirlwind (1940-1943) The Westland Whirlwind (Whirly or Whirlibomber in RAF slang) was a British twin-engined heavy fighter developed by Westland Aircraft. It was the Royal Air Force's first single-seat, twin-engined, cannon-armed fighter, and a contemporary of the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane. It was one of the fastest aircraft in service when it flew in the late 1930s, and was much more heavily armed than any other. However, protracted development problems with its…


The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled, V-12, piston aero engine, of 27-litre (1,650 cu in) capacity. Rolls-Royce Limited designed and built the engine which was initially known as the PV-12: the PV-12 became known as the Merlin following the company convention of naming its piston aero engines after birds of prey.