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Part 10
1st November 1939

Lt Brown takes the second prototype now called the Goshawk up into the air for a mock dogfight with a Hurricane. It is found out that the Goshawk has a higher rate of climb and is more manuvorable at high altitude. The only problem to be found is the engine for the Prototype is a Rolls Royce Merlin, to get round the engine bottle neck the Bristol aircraft company is told to get the problems with their Hercules engine fixed or the engine manufacturing will be taken and given to Rolls Royce.

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