I have been reading Callum Douglas's The Secret Horsepower War, which covers aircraft engine development in Britain, Germany and The USA. It is an exceptional book, though the technical side can be h… (View Post)

You got the title right. Sometimes I have had to look again at photographs & diagrams as they were from German technical reports on The Merlin engine or The Mosquito. But his Twitter feed is a go… (View Post)

There are important points re detrimental impact of high octane fuels on engine components, as well as the metallurgical challenges getting suitable metals for sleeve valve engines like the Sabre and… (View Post)

Something for which I have no use. (View Post)

Kingsley Amis claimed that Dylan Thomas had only 3 words for this. The second and third words were Welsh Nationalism. (View Post)