We have the Jelly Belly Jellybeans sponsored P51 Reno Racer on our field. He just had the engine rebuilt and they have been trying to hunt down a vibration in it for months now. They finally sent the accessory drive off and found one of the gears were a couple teeth off. Anyways I was putting my airplane away this morning and heard it take off. It must be running good because he did 3 full speed passes down the runway about 10ft off the deck and then did some rolls over the top of the field. Man I love the sound of a Merlin wide open. I walked over where it's hangared after it taxiied back in and the pilot was hooting and hollering when he opened the canopy. They have been down for almost a year between the rebuild and troubleshooting. The whole crew was pretty stoked to get it running good again.

Stole this pic from google images

A gallon a minute is all it takes...
Let's see, $4.60 a gallon times 60 minutes = $275 an hour for gas.
Makes the 185 seem like a deal.
Plus I can take my camping gear and the dogs

BTW, it was 14 months worth of frustration.

Joey, you need to move down to the fun row of hangars

I know what you mean about the sound of a Merlin, gives me chills every time.


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