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If this cold start doesn’t give you goosebumps, check your pulse

Nothing compares to hearing a Merlin engine come alive, and this Mk IX Spitfire proved it. Filmed at Kemble’s Cotswold Airport, the cold start turns from sputtering coughs into a full-throated roar ...
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Watch this 102-foot wingspan jet roar with 4 Merlin engines

At RIAT over RAF Fairford, we witness three living pieces of World War II history take to the sky in tight formation. The Avro Lancaster leads, its four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines producing a deep, ...
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The Merlin the engine that won the Second World War Gordon A.A. Wilson

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is the most recognisable aero engine in the world. It powered the Battle of Britain aircraft, the Spitfire and Hurricane, as they defended the shores of Britain against the ...
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Supermarine Spitfire MK. I-XVI in RAF-SAAF-RAAF-RNZAF-RCAF & foreign service Illustrated by Richard Ward. Compiled by Ted Hooton & Richard Ward. Text by Ted Hooton

"Supermarine Spitfire Merlin engine: Royal Air Force squadrons" [4] p. inserted ...