Re: Miss Packard

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

AFAIK all Packard aero engines were V-12s except for the 9 cylinder diesel
radial they made in 1928 and later.

Ken

Quoting Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:


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> he brought his idea of light fast boats to the navy in ww2 and they
> became pt boats.  70' long iirc, triple packard v12s.
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> those 8s could've been packards; they had an air history much like
> rolls royce or bmw, up to ww2.  it's not by accident that packard
> built the merlins for the aaf in ww2; also not by accident that they
> were better at it than rr.
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