Airmen in & out of the Army have known for months that the PSI fighter plane (Mustang) was soon to have a new engine that would improve its performance sensationally.
In Detroit last week George T. Christopher, president of Packard Motor Car Co., proudly announced that the null new engine was a Packard-built Rolls-Royce model of more than 1,500 horsepower— replacing the 1,150-h.p. Allison. Forbidden by military rules to discuss actual figures, Packardman Christopher could say only that the new model "raises air warfare nearly two miles higher." Special feature of the engine...