The scrapman today started to remove (non too gently) the Blower Tunnel facility at Boscombe Down.
No more will the sound of its four Merlins have me rushing to the office window in the vain hope of seeing a Lancaster fly overhead.
Here it is in happier times
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By: goodwoodone - 2nd June 2022 at 11:21
But late to the party but my company tested and repaired/defect fixed the engines and overhauled/repaired the fans still have a couple of blades at work did the work to enable environmental testing of the eurofighter/typhoon pre acceptance. Also rebuilt the harvard 1340 which had split it’s camring when they were doing acceptance trials for the hercules 130 J there were loads of high end Lockheed bods and mod types hanging around seeing pounds going down the drain.Happy days but no more.
By: Arabella-Cox - 24th September 2017 at 13:56
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For those of you who are interested this diagram shows how the four Merlins were arranged within the tunnel.
The section also shows the shape and arrangement of the 10 bladed fans fitted to each engine
MerlinPete you had a reply to your PM
By: thedawnpatrol - 13th September 2017 at 09:11
i heard they went to ARC at Duxford…………………
By: Rocketeer - 12th September 2017 at 23:46
When I joined, they had 35+ merlins in store. A mix of 35s, 20s, 200 and 700 series. A few ex Spanish blue ones.
By: Arabella-Cox - 12th September 2017 at 21:48
Be interested to know about the Merlins. What Mk. were they, how were they installed and who get ’em, amongst a few other questions.
Anon.
By: Rocketeer - 12th September 2017 at 19:59
They were removed from the tunnel yonks ago. I’ve asked for some stuff for the museum
By: Fournier Boy - 12th September 2017 at 19:30
I had heard the Merlins went out a month or two ago
FB
By: Archer - 12th September 2017 at 19:11
That’s a shame, has someone thought to hang on to the Merlins? They might be of interest to someone…
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September 12, 2017 at 6:54 pm