Hispano-Suiza Aircraft Engines: How a V8 From Barcelona Powered Rickenbacker’s SPAD and Armed the Spitfire
Hispano-Suiza aircraft engines: Marc Birkigt’s Barcelona V8 that powered the SPAD XIII of Rickenbacker and Guynemer, the 12Y behind Soviet fighters and the 20 mm cannon of the RAF’s Spitfires and Hurricanes.