The Spitfire itself was the brainchild of Reginald Mitchell, whose revolutionary elliptical wing design made it the most ...

The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine doesn’t scream — it commands attention. As the Spitfire accelerates down the runway, the sound ...

If there's one thing more satisfying than a Rolls-Royce car, it's a Rolls-Royce engine. A Merlin engine, specifically, of the sort that once powered Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes and all manner of ...

Powerful and dependable, the Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine was fitted to many of the most significant warplanes of the Second World War—from the Spitfire and Hurricane to the Lancaster. The engine’s ...

On a bright spring morning in 1940, the Royal Air Force pilot was in the fight of his life. Strapped into his brand new Supermarine Spitfire, he was locked in mortal combat with a Luftwaffe pilot over ...

During the Battle of Britain, the unmistakable sound of the Merlin engine was heard daily across the south of England as the RAF engaged Luftwaffe fighters in dogfights. Accepting the award, ...

Without question, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine is one of the greatest piston pushers ever made. The 27-liter V12 was built in the 1930s and 1940s and would eventually go on to power allied fighter ...

1,750 horsepower vs. 510 horsepower doesn't sound like a good competition, right? But Land Rover did it, as the SUV->ke145 manufacturer put a new Range Rover Sport head-to-head against a 1945 Spitfire ...