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Old October 7th, 2005, 03:01 PM
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A couple for Martin.....
I snapped this Rolls-Royce Griffon engine outside the engineering labs in the James Watt building, Glasgow University. There's no plaque details beyond the name, so I have no idea what mark/variant it is.





Think I'm right in saying that the engine was modified and fitted to Spitfires from MKIV onwards, and also fitted to the short-lived Spiteful fighter, which was intended to replace the Spit until the advent of jets.
The James Watt building itself was opened by Field Marshall Montgomery on 4th November 1959.

[ 15. December 2005, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: The_Historian ]
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