Ten Merlin formation

DH82EH · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:05 am

http://www.youtube.com/embed/ceuU1UQuwV ... detailpage

This is a well invested 45 minutes for any self respecting Warbird geek

Enjoy!!

Andy Scott

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:40 am

DH82EH wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/ceuU1UQuwVU?feature=player_detailpage

This is a well invested 45 minutes for any self respecting Warbird geek

Enjoy!!

Andy Scott

Can someone please tell Geoff that he sounds like a used car salesman, or the guy on late night TV selling the Turnip Twaddler~

Thomas_Mac · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:14 am

Thanks for the video Andy!

This one has a pretty great vantage point of the same formation :drink3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM2ZQj6YjiA

DH82EH · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:03 pm

That is good Thomas, and no nattering commentary!

When do you come up to Blue next?

Andy

maxum96 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:57 pm

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Grikka · **Joined:** Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:17 pm **Posts:** 37

thanks for posting and a very worthwhile 45 mins spent watching this one

top drawer

BK · **Joined:** Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:23 pm **Posts:** 594

I attended this great show. It's wasn't just that it was a ten Merlin formation. It was a ten Merlin formation with NO Mustangs! :spit

DH82EH · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:50 pm

I thought of that shortly after I posted it. 10 Merlins, and not a mustang to be seen.

Don't get me wrong, Mustangs are O.K.! They were initially ordered by the British after all.

That made me think that I'd love to see a P-51A or P-51B in RAF colours. Whaddaya all think?

Glad you've been enjoying the video. It was -28 degrees C this morning, so, the video was a good distraction

Andy

Thomas_Mac · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:55 pm

DH82EH wrote:

That is good Thomas, and no nattering commentary!

When do you come up to Blue next?

Andy

Hey Andy,

Bike is down in the basement for the season. Winter on the slopes isnt my deal, I need brakes :lol:

I am actually thinking about bringing my Chevelle to the Edenvale Gathering of Classics next year, are you planning to attend?

DH82EH · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:59 pm

CF-MAD is currently based at Edenvale, so, that's a pretty safe bet. :wink:

If you come up to this part of Ont. before that, let me know, I'd be happy to give you a tour. :supz:

Hey, my skiis have brakes. :lol:

Andy

goshikisen · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:44 pm

DH82EH wrote:

:lol: I thought of that shortly after I posted it. 10 Merlins, and not a mustang to be seen.

Don't get me wrong, Mustangs are O.K.! They were initially ordered by the British after all.

No Mustangs but I'd venture to guess that more than half of those Merlins were born in Detroit.

ErrolC · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 11:07 pm

DH82EH wrote:

...

That made me think that I'd love to see a P-51A or P-51B in RAF colours. Whaddaya all think?

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Pretty much all the big shows in NZ (and some of the smaller ones) have

Mustang Wanaka2010_6345f by errolgc, on Flickr

Sorry it's a P-51D in post-war RNZAF colours, but close-ish!

The Mossie's Merlins are ex-RNZAF post-war Mosquito stock, don't know off-hand where built.

DH82EH · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 6:59 am

Thanks for that shot Errol. Nice!

Goshikisen, I would say, with a pretty fair degree of certainty that the 4 Lanc Merlins are Packard built. Before they were mounted I had someone point out the "Maytag" logo on the rocker box covers :shock:

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A MK XVI Spitfire, by definition, has a Packard built Merlin. I'm not sure about the Hurricanes.

Andy

goshikisen · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:59 am

DH82EH wrote:

Goshikisen, I would say, with a pretty fair degree of certainty that the 4 Lanc Merlins are Packard built. Before they were mounted I had someone point out the "Maytag" logo on the rocker box covers :shock:

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A MK XVI Spitfire, by definition, has a Packard built Merlin. I'm not sure about the Hurricanes.

Andy

I suppose the Mosquito would also likely have Packard Merlins being an FB MK.26 Canadian built variant. ErrolC... were RNZAF Mosquitoes built in Australia? They also ran Packard Merlins?

ErrolC · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:43 pm

From the program from Military Aviation Museum's Warbirds Over the Beach celebration in May 2013
http://issuu.com/militaryaviationmuseum ... am_2013_sm

Quote:

During that time, AvSpecs had been restoring hydraulic and electrical systems, making pipes, and constructing new cowlings and other parts. Two former Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Merlin 25s were located in Australia complete with genuine engine mounts. These were sent to California to be restored by Vintage V-12s.

And because I found it while googling, here is an early engine run of KA114
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vslbW0SHYDo

I have chores to do (summer holidays means little jobs around the place like water-blasting the fence in prep for painting), so no time just now to dig into RNZAF Mossies.

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