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Eight Merlins
By: clunk Date: August 17, 2014, 2:52 am
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I live near Old Warden the home of the Shuttleworth Air Museum.
Holding their Air Show this weekend.
7pm last night the two remaining Avro Lancasters came over at
more or less rooftop level. The Canadian Warplane Heritage
Museum’s ‘V-RA’ & The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's
[PA-474] KC-A. Gut wrenching heart pounding eye
watering stuff.
Tomorrow they are flying from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire where
they are garaged to overfly Woburn Abbey at about 1640
accompanied by a Hurricane and a Spitfire. (There is the
International Tiger Moth Rally and a Veteran/Classic car show
there this weekend).
The two Lancs are on display, when not flying, at the BBMF
hangar at RAF Coningsby until the middle of September.
HTML http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/
HTML http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: clunk Date: August 17, 2014, 5:53 am
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Fly past at Woburn cancelled this morning. Shame.
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: nickjaxe Date: August 17, 2014, 1:49 pm
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Fantastic...getting goose bumps just thinking about it...
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: clunk Date: August 17, 2014, 2:32 pm
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I snapped picture of my thumb, but my neighbour got a clear
shot
HTML http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww185/clunkdave/8merlins_zps00db6cff.jpg
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: s.o.t.d. Date: August 17, 2014, 4:24 pm
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Lozza and me were at Coningsby last Wednesday. and got TWO free
shows. I've put a link on to my album on fb, 'cos I can't be
arsed wasting an hour of my life with photofuckit. They're all
in hi-res, so if anybody wishes to copy, they're welcome. ;D
HTML https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.888623857833260&type=1&l=dce857a3e8
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: s.o.t.d. Date: August 17, 2014, 5:28 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEc0bX91XUw&feature=youtu.be
If you've got it, 1080p.
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: Roveerman Date: August 18, 2014, 1:44 pm
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I count ten merlin's :thumbs:
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: s.o.t.d. Date: August 18, 2014, 3:43 pm
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[quote author=Roveerman link=topic=8504.msg92003#msg92003
date=1408387449]
I count ten merlin's :thumbs:
[/quote]
I'm sorry to dis-abuse you Andy, but there are only nine Merlins
and one Griffon in the film. The clipped wing Spitfire (TE311)
is a Mk. XVI with a Packard built Merlin 66. The blue Spitfire
(PS911) however, is a PR (photo-reconnaissance) Mk.XIX, which
has a Rolls-Royce Griffon fitted, which is a completely
different (and a damn sight bigger!) engine than a Merlin.
(Anorak off) ;D
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: s.o.t.d. Date: August 20, 2014, 4:41 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=YvuqUR0BzUY&app=desktop
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Re: Eight Merlins
By: gp3trainee Date: August 25, 2014, 7:40 am
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Both Lancasters wil be flying, along with Spitfires and a
Hurricane, and the Flying Fortress 'Sally B', and the Great War
Display Team (Dave...!) at the Shoreham Airshow this coming
weekend, 30th/31st August.
And the Vulcan Bomber.
HTML http://www.shorehamairshow.co.uk/whatson/aircraft.html
Tickets can be bought on the gate.
Shoreham-by-Sea, (near Brighton) West Sussex
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