Quote Originally Posted by az_gila View Post
In Prescott, AZ a builder made a Jurca 100% Spitfire replica from wood - at a distance of 50 ft it's almost impossible to tell it's not a real Spitfire. It is powered by an Allison V-12 (US made Merlin) with a three bladed DC-3 prop.
Allison did not make the RR Merlin under license in the USA. That was Packard. They made the engines that went into bombers and Mustangs. RR did the Spitfire engines as their engines were faster.