Originally posted by gripen
I'm quoting directly the RR listing of ratings from the appendix of "The Merlin in Perspective" by Alec Harvey-Bailey.
gripen
.... and I am qouting the RAF Air Intelligence's datasheet for British and enemy aircraft, from February 1945.I'd rather trust a primary source over a secondary one which may have printing errors, or simply the author is in error.
I just checked Jane's, too. They note the Merlin 266 is 'the same as the Merlin 66". Curious name... Packard-Merlin 2
66. Must be a concidence.
Guys, stop arguing with Gripen. We already have threads that turned into 15+ page of nonsense trying to convince him. It's hopeless. it would be taxing to read another 30+ pages of gripen repeating the same while being in conflict with his previous statements and completely ignoring/dismising everything that disproves him, and not backing up himself a single time.
We're loosing focus on the subject because of a single partisan who sits behind a 15-feet thick concreate wall against all reason, observing the world on a 9-feet long telescope with 200x zoom.
We had enough of this. Lone partisans don't need to be fought.