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What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? #9589496 02/09/15
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OP Pugs Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2005 Posts: 17,147 Likes: 2 Freedom	That would be 8 or 10. The movie is Reunion of the Giants and I hope it's in IMAX this summer. Would have love to have seen the real thing. If something on the internet makes you angry the odds are you're being manipulated

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Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589511 02/09/15
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RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,298 Likes: 11 Ogden, Utah	Would love to have HEARD the real thing... Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589521 02/09/15
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GunGeek Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 24,675 Likes: 1 NW Nevada	So I attended a school in Aspen Colorado. The first day I walk out for a break and some fresh air and hear that sound. Look up and there's a beautifully restored Mk IX spitfire...instant wood.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589533 02/09/15
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Reloder28 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,955 Likes: 3 Deer Park, Tx	Hearing an Allison. By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589535 02/09/15
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kecatt Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,688 NE	Very few things are that cool sounding. I also enjoy a P&W 2800 being put through its paces. A well tuned FE series big block with duals always gets me fired up. I don't eat anything that didn't have a mother.

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Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589538 02/09/15
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GunGeek Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 24,675 Likes: 1 NW Nevada	Originally Posted by Pugs That would be 8 or 10. The movie is Reunion of the Giants and I hope it's in IMAX this summer. Would have love to have seen the real thing. That kinda grabs you by the heart strings. The Lancaster was a magnificent aircraft. Sucks there are only two still flying. That was their workhorse of the war.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589542 02/09/15
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Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ	R-2800 is what is cool for me. Water cooled sound good too, but a radial gets my attention everytime. There is no way to coexist no matter how many bumper stickers there are on Subaru bumpers!

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589549 02/09/15
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goalie Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 12,580 Minnesota	Hearing a fast-mover come in and turn a six-digit grid coordinate you called-in into a parking lot. By a mile.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589597 02/09/15
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Salmonella Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,253 Likes: 2 Behind Enemy Lines	With all due respect to the Warbirds, no piston driven engine compares to the 10,000 horsepower Nitromethane burning monsters found in the funny cars and top fuel dragsters of the NHRA. The human brain cannot comprehend this violence unless witnessed in person as audio and video simply cannot capture the spectacle.... Proud NRA Life Member

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589617 02/09/15
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hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Originally Posted by Pugs That would be 8 or 10. The movie is Reunion of the Giants and I hope it's in IMAX this summer. Would have love to have seen the real thing. Great video. Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

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Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? hillbillybear #9589621 02/09/15
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hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Here is one of my favorites: Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589672 02/09/15
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old70 Campfire Regular O Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,629 Likes: 1 Base of the thumb.	At Thunder over Michigan, I've seen the Canadian Lancaster as well as B-29 24, 17s, and a bunch of others in flight. Soul stirring to say the least. It's a great show, and highly recommended. I've ridden the YAM B-17, well worth it.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? old70 #9589685 02/09/15
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FLNative Campfire Regular F Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 759	Merlin, Pratt&Whitney . . . I can't pick just one. I'll even look up for a Wright Cyclone or an Allison. Nothing makes me stop and scan the sky quicker than the sound of warbird engines. Great video, thanks!

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589785 02/09/15
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Leanwolf Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2003 Posts: 13,443 Likes: 8 Idaho	Here is one of my favorites. It has what I consider to be one of the most effective openings of any documentaries I've seen. L.W. "Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589804 02/09/15
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Dave_Skinner Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2003 Posts: 10,439 Likes: 1 The Treasure State	On the headline, I instantly flashed to Lancasters. Can you imagine what it sounded like when they bombed those dams? Up hills slow, Down hills fast Tonnage first and Safety last.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Salmonella #9589877 02/09/15
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Rancho_Loco Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 20,379 The Bozone, Montana	Originally Posted by Salmonella With all due respect to the Warbirds, no piston driven engine compares to the 10,000 horsepower Nitromethane burning monsters found in the funny cars and top fuel dragsters of the NHRA. The human brain cannot comprehend this violence unless witnessed in person as audio and video simply cannot capture the spectacle.... I used to work in a shop that opened up to the runway in Watsonville, and there were quite a few old warplanes living there.. P51s were common, and everyone liked them, but when the resident A1 Skyraider rolled out, everyone went out to watch takeoff. That plane sounded like a funny car.. It was awesome. Originally Posted by captain seafire I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9589897 02/09/15
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tjm10025 Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,235 NC	Would love to hear the sound of two Merlin engines, in flight, on either side of the cockpit of a deHavilland Mosquito going balls to the wall.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9590355 02/09/15
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grouseman Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 4,171 Likes: 1 Manitoba	I toured that Mynarski Lancaster when it came to Winnipeg. Beautiful aircraft. What surprised me was how close the pilot and co-pilot sit - shoulder to shoulder! And then I saw it again at its home in Hamilton. Thanks to the many who keep it flying. It takes a village to raise an idiot.

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? RockyRaab #9590626 02/09/15
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Ron_T Campfire Tracker R Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,901 10 miles north of Dayton, Ohio	Originally Posted by RockyRaab Would love to have HEARD the real thing... *************************************************************** If you've heard the P-51D, you've heard the Merlin although it may be a license-built by Packard- Merlin. It's smart to hang around old guys 'cause they know lotsa stuff...

Re: What's better than hearing a Merlin engine in flight? Pugs #9590655 02/09/15
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