...for the invasion itself. Both were MGM so I suppose it's possible. Garner plays an American intelligence officer whose close to the Allied generals planning the D-Day invasion. He works with a British colonel, Alan Napier (Alfred from "Batman"). He runs a contact in Portugal but suspects he's being fed false intelligence by the Germans. His general, Russell Thorson (Capt. Bart Friday on radio's I Love A Mystery and was in...

... launch point for the invasion itself. Both were MGM so I suppose it's possible. Garner plays an American intelligence officer whose close to the Allied generals planning the D-Day invasion. He works with a British colonel, Alan Napier (Alfred from "Batman"). He runs a contact in Portugal but suspects he's being fed false intelligence by the Germans. His general, Russell Thorson (Capt. Bart Friday on radio's I Love A Mystery and was in "...

... an opposed piston diesel engine, the basis of which became (when the Brits got hold of it) the Napier Deltic, which was also an opposed piston design, but with more cylinders - usually in a triangular form hence ..., you'd probably have to use a sleeve valve like some of the Bristol radial engines and the Napier Dagger, Rapier and Sabre engines of the late 1930s or early 1940s Ah yes, of course: poppet ...

... was an opposed piston diesel engine, the basis of which became (when the Brits got hold of it) the Napier Deltic, which was also an opposed piston design, but with more cylinders - usually in a triangular form hence the..., you'd probably have to use a sleeve valve like some of the Bristol radial engines and the Napier Dagger, Rapier and Sabre engines of the late 1930s or early 1940s Ah yes, of course: poppet...

...diesel engine, the basis of which became (when the Brits got hold of it) the Napier Deltic, which was also an opposed piston design, but with more cylinders - usually in ...so called 'baby deltic' It was indeed, they fell out of favour since like most Napier engines they needed a lot of looking after. Tales abound of technicians running up Napier Sabres on cold nights to stop the oil becoming too thick. The famous 'Deltic'...

...was an opposed piston diesel engine, the basis of which became (when the Brits got hold of it) the Napier Deltic, which was also an opposed piston design, but with more cylinders - usually in a triangular form hence ..., you'd probably have to use a sleeve valve like some of the Bristol radial engines and the Napier Dagger, Rapier and Sabre engines of the late 1930s or early 1940s Ah yes, of course: poppet valves would...

...>> believe some WWII planes (maybe German ones) experimented with using diesel engines. The original Junkers Jumo was an opposed piston diesel engine, the basis of which became (when the Brits got hold of it) the Napier Deltic, which was also an opposed piston design, but with more cylinders - usually in a triangular form hence the name. I think the Jumo was a 4 piston in 2 very long cylinder device IIRC, the ...

...was an opposed piston diesel engine, the basis of which became (when the Brits got hold of it) the Napier Deltic, which was also an opposed piston design, but with more cylinders - usually in a triangular form ... nowadays, you'd probably have to use a sleeve valve like some of the Bristol radial engines and the Napier Dagger, Rapier and Sabre engines of the late 1930s or early 1940s Talking of railway Deltics I think the most ...

...Wright" <john@pegasus.f2s.com> wrote in message news:8qSdnbHAfJTBdzTVnZ2dnUVZ8gidnZ2d@pipex.net... The original Junkers Jumo was an opposed piston diesel engine, the basis of which became (when the Brits got hold of it) the Napier Deltic, which was also an opposed piston design, but with more cylinders - usually in a triangular form hence the name. Was the Junkers version of the engine a two-stroke like the Deltic railway ...

...? I believe some WWII planes (maybe German ones) experimented with using diesel engines. The original Junkers Jumo was an opposed piston diesel engine, the basis of which became (when the Brits got hold of it) the Napier Deltic, which was also an opposed piston design, but with more cylinders - usually in a triangular form hence the name. I think the Jumo was a 4 piston in 2 very long cylinder device IIRC, the smallest Deltic I...