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05-03-06, 08:20 PM
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Saw them too Keith - saw a couple flying around yesterday and this morning, then all five came over at about 4:45.
We stood in the garden on our friend's table to get a better view - sent a shiver down my spine - a mixture of pride and all sorts of other emotions.
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05-03-06, 08:21 PM
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wow - mustve been a cool site and sound!
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05-03-06, 08:49 PM
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Ohhhhhh,
if only I could have heard that again, I still think I was born in the wrong era. To have been able to fly a Spitfire. I can dream  Rich |
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05-03-06, 09:15 PM
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For me it's another great sound of summer, living close to Duxford we're luckly enought to hear that wonderful sound most weekends. Never fails to send a shiver down my spine.
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05-03-06, 09:19 PM
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the guys that got to hear and seem them are so lucky, there's nothing better than the sound of that Merlin engine... SO SWEET...
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05-03-06, 09:38 PM
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keith...What a let down! spitfires,Hurricane's and Merlin engines? Pah...I thought you were referring to Falc and Tara's first girl/boyfriend thread!
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05-03-06, 09:58 PM
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Saw this on the news... Awesome
 One of my all-time favourate aircraft 5 x Rolls Royce Merlin engines  Ground-shakingly good 
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05-03-06, 10:06 PM
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05-03-06, 10:13 PM
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A couple of years ago when out for a ride we were lucky enough to see the stunning sight of a Lancaster flying overhead flanked by two Spitfires, one at each wingtip. It was the most incredible, awe-inspiring sight.
Last year we took my daughter to Duxford and were lucky enough to see a Spit up and flying...................the sound of that Merlin engine makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
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05-03-06, 10:19 PM
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A Lancaster went over our house a couple of years ago, quite low, on a Sunday afternoon while we were having a barbecue.
Oooooohh, the noise, abso-farkin-lutley wonderful Even Mrs Squid, (not really a petrol head like me), said it sounded glorious.
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