By 1936 both the Hurricane and Spitfire went into production. Since the British government was then funding further development of the engine, the PV-12 was no longer a Rolls-Royce private project ...

George Carden BBC News, Tangmere PA Media A Spitfire which crashed near Hailsham, East Sussex, was buried for 30 years - now its Rolls-Royce engine is back on display to the public ...

A Spitfire's engine failed because of "fuel starvation", causing a pilot to make an emergency landing, investigators have said. The aeroplane pitched onto its nose, damaging the propeller and left ...

The engine in the Supermarine Spitfire was a Rolls-Royce Merlin that eventually went into America's P-51 Mustang, as well. It had a lot of power.