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> Would we knowingly allow Rolls-Royce Jet Engines to be flogged off? Not quite a flogging off, but the MiG 15 engine was a copy of the Rolls Royce Nene engine

> Would we knowingly allow Rolls-Royce Jet Engines to be flogged off? Not quite a flogging off, but the MiG 15 engine was a copy of the Rolls Royce Nene engine which a soviet trade delegation won in a bet on a game of billiards.

Robotbeat 6y ago
Wait, what?
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- macintux 6y ago
  https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/ussr-won-jet-engine-bet/ https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/ussr-won-jet-e...
  - Robotbeat 6y ago
    Thanks!
    - macintux 6y ago
      I had the same reaction, so just did some searching. Definitely seems sketchy, but stranger things have happened.
ClumsyPilot 6y ago
Amazing, i never knew that. Admittedly, that was 1946, before the cold war really began