Talk:Republic XF-103

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Took out a sentence that said something along the lines of "It is not clear why the engine development was a problem, since the engines worked fine in Britain and entered service on the Avro Vulcan". The engines the Vulcan used were Bristol Olympus engines, not the Wright J67s the XF-103 was to have used, and I didn't want the two engines to be confused.

The J67 was indeed based on the Olympus, although I'm not sure to what degree. I've seen various sources with claims ranging from simply "based on" to saying that the J67 was a simple licensed copy. In any event, I'm not sure why Wright was unable to complete the J67, but I didn't want that engine (which didn't work) confused with the Bristol Olympus (which did, rather well).

Every reference I have states the J67 was a directly licensed copy. Thus the question about what went wrong. Maury 19:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)