Merlin

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 10/27/2014 at 22:08 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Merlin

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A Merlin slowly returns to the earth.

Flat Six > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:12

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Merlin was said to age backwards...

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:14

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:(

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:15

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Would be epic in my broken down cavalier!

whoarder is tellurium > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:19

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#savethemerlins

Bandit > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:21

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Why? Why not save it?!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:26

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did it like fall out of a plane and land in a creek.

twochevrons > Bandit 10/27/2014 at 22:40

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I'm torn on this. On the one hand, it's a piece of history, and should be preserved. But on the other, the are plenty of examples in museums, it's probably too far gone to be of much use, either for display, or as a running example now. But where it is (at a Lancaster crash site in Scotland) it does serve as a poignant, and near-immovable, marker of the place where eight airmen lost their lives.

I've come across aircraft wreckage when hiking before, and it really makes you stop and think.

twochevrons > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/27/2014 at 22:41

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Looks to be a crash site - http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/scotland…

Bandit > twochevrons 10/27/2014 at 22:42

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Good point... I didn't know anything about the photo. I still really want a merlin powered car...

DoYouEvenShift > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:49

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Never really gave it much thought, but Europe must be littered with military wreckage. Is it common to stumble upon things like this?

DoYouEvenShift > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:51

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Reminds me of a quad 4 head.

The Transporter > f86sabre 10/27/2014 at 22:51

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Cé hé sin > DoYouEvenShift 10/28/2014 at 05:44

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Well, anything accessible and of any value would have been removed so it wouldn't be an everyday occurrence, no.

Unexploded shells and bombs do sometimes turn up and unfortunately can still be dangerous.

twochevrons > Bandit 10/28/2014 at 07:36

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Don't we all? The guy with the Meteor-powered Rover SD1 is my hero.