The Merlin Engine

[Koala63]

Just one modern Occupational Health and Safety audit in that factory would ensure the Merlin never got off the drawing board. Those were the days, when Personal Protective Equipment meant a brown dust jacket and a cloth cap.

[Viper2000]

Originally Posted by Koala63

Just one modern Occupational Health and Safety audit in that factory would ensure the Merlin never got off the drawing board. Those were the days, when Personal Protective Equipment meant a brown dust jacket and a cloth cap.

Not at all - the factory was clearly so dangerous that the inspectors obviously wouldn't make it out alive, and therefore could never make any reports.

[pupo162]

just the work i got into for drawing a 1 piston engine, with CAD.... cant imagine actaully creating one of these....


dB605 is better tough

[Kongo-Otto]

Originally Posted by Koala63

Just one modern Occupational Health and Safety audit in that factory would ensure the Merlin never got off the drawing board. Those were the days, when Personal Protective Equipment meant a brown dust jacket and a cloth cap.

Maybe the brown dust jacket and the cloth cap where enough, because the workers knew the risk of their Jobs.
And be shure that the average UK Worker from this time had an higher educational standard than many people today.