Binka wrote:
They got an SR71 at Duxworth - you aren't supposed to touch or climb on it but rules are there to be broken...

You can easily get into the intake of each engine and comfortably stand / stoop in it - awsome beastie..


Merlins were the de-facto turbofan unit to all pre- '82 747's - ahh, the joys of your dad being the British Civil Aviation rep in the far east - for those of you that remember the British Airways junior jet club and got to do the cockpit, 'fly the plane' lark, will remember the lecture - great stuff !

God I'm old, that was back in the 70's..

The Merlin was a 12 cylinder, 60° "V", 27 litre, liquid cooled piston aircraft engine built during World War II by Rolls-Royce.

You'd typically see 4 of them hanging off the wings of an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber, or up front in a later Supermarine Spitfire or P51 Mustang, amongst other things, but definitely NOT a Boeing 747.

The 747-100, the first of the "Jumbo's" used a Pratt & Whitney engine, then they moved on to a Rolls Royce from 747-200 I believe. I'm not a total anorak on aviation (civil or military) but I recall the RR engine used for the 747 range was something like a "type 22" or something, and didn't/doesn't actually have a model "name" like many of their other engines.
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