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Author Topic: For the aircraft crowd  (Read 1542 times)

Offline donbmw

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For the aircraft crowd
« on: August 22, 2019, 07:20:37 PM »
This stopped overnight in Monroe.

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Offline wilcom

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Re: For the aircraft crowd
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2019, 07:25:55 PM »
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This stopped overnight in Monroe.

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Beautiful ! Hope he jumped out with leather jacket and white silk around his neck
Joe Wilkerson
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Offline skippyc

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Re: For the aircraft crowd
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2019, 06:13:16 PM »
It looks good and i bet it sounded better.

Offline Lucky_Lou

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Re: For the aircraft crowd
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2019, 05:42:59 PM »
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It looks good and i bet it sounded better.
The Merlin Engine was also used in Mustangs,
Lucky Guy Martin owns a Merlin Engine all he needs is the rest of the plane...…….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkxrQOkNdc
Lou
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Offline tiggum

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Re: For the aircraft crowd
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2019, 06:16:11 PM »
Jay Leno has a couple of Merlins as well.  One is in an old Rolls or Bentley (I think) and the other is on a test stand on a trailer, so that he can take it places and demonstrate it.