[ARC5] Merlin engine

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

And while trying to taxi across a snowfield/frozen lake,
the APU in rear of the fuselage broke loose, set fire to
its own fuel, and burned the whole effort down.
 
How utterly sad!
 
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~ 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 ~
~ (Since 30 Nov 53) ~
~ Oklahoma City, OK ~
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> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:23:39 -0700
> From: jfor at quik.com
> To: gewhite at crosslink.net; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Merlin engine
>
> I'm not all all surprised.
>
> PBS just reran a Nova show about trying to recover the Kee Bird, a B-29
> that crashed on the snow north of Thule, post WW II.
>
> I think they said the restored engines cost $250K each.
>
> Best,
>
> -John
>
> ============
>
>> That Merlin would probably bring $50,000 today, even in pieces, from
>> aircraft restorers - to say nothing of the odd pieces you got with the
>> front end of the Spit. My late wife's first husband flew Merlin-powered
>> Mustangs in WW II and shot down seven Germans. Later honchoed Cavalier
>> Aircraft in Sarasota that re-worked Mustangs. He sold his P-51 to an
>> Italian industrialist for $50,000 in 1970. They are now worth $5 million.
>>
>> - Gordon White
>
>
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