Britain hoped to take the airspeed record back from Germany with the Napier-Heston T.5, but it literally fell flat on its first flight. In 1935 the British engine manufacturer D. Napier and Son came out with an extremely advanced, hugely complex, high-revving and unusually powerful aircraft engine, the Napier Sabre. This 24-cylinder, 2,450-hp, H-configuration power …
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