some people will nick anything

[Kevin]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6197705.stm

[Gus Cabre]

Explain that to the PFA engineer: "I wanted my RV10 to have an extra oomph".
:-))

Gus
Coltishall

Post by Kevin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6197705.stm

[Peter]

Post by Gus Cabre
Explain that to the PFA engineer: "I wanted my RV10 to have an extra oomph".
:-))

If it got nicked off a BA 747 I doubt anybody would have noticed :) :)
It's a SOP to fly those on 3 engines.

[me]

Post by Peter

Post by Gus Cabre
Explain that to the PFA engineer: "I wanted my RV10 to have an extra oomph".
:-))

If it got nicked off a BA 747 I doubt anybody would have noticed :) :)
It's a SOP to fly those on 3 engines.

I like to think the flight crew might have noticed it on the walk-round -
but maybe I'm just an optimist!

E

[Andy R]

Post by Kevin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6197705.stm

Probably Pikeys. Must have thought it was a big wood chipper.

Rgds

Andy R

[Mike Lindsay]

Post by Kevin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6197705.stm

A long time ago there were a number of wooden crates being auctioned off
at a Govt sale.

The successful bidder noticed one of the crates was extraordinarily
heavy.

When he got it back to his shed, which was difficult, on account of the
weight, he found it contained a brand new R-R Merlin.

[Alistair Wright]

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Post by Mike Lindsay

Post by Kevin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6197705.stm

A long time ago there were a number of wooden crates being auctioned off
at a Govt sale.
The successful bidder noticed one of the crates was extraordinarily
heavy.
When he got it back to his shed, which was difficult, on account of the
weight, he found it contained a brand new R-R Merlin.
--
Mike Lindsay

This tale is true. The packing case was purchased by an employee of
Rolls-Royce Hillington from R-R, not the MoS as it was then. I remember it
being returned PDQ to be emptied. It was a Packard Merlin 66 of which we had
a very large stock, since at the end of the war the Yanks were still
shipping them. I was a graduate apprentice with R-R at the time and saw the
engine being removed from the box which was then re-delivered to its owner!
You are quite right about the weight alerting the delivery driver - he
couldn't shift it off his lorry. Incidentally a lot of these 66s were
fitted into Heinkel111s owned by the Spanish air force.

Alistair Wright

[Mike Lindsay]

Post by Alistair Wright
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Post by Mike Lindsay

Post by Kevin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6197705.stm

A long time ago there were a number of wooden crates being auctioned off
at a Govt sale.
The successful bidder noticed one of the crates was extraordinarily
heavy.
When he got it back to his shed, which was difficult, on account of the
weight, he found it contained a brand new R-R Merlin.
--
Mike Lindsay

This tale is true. The packing case was purchased by an employee of
Rolls-Royce Hillington from R-R, not the MoS as it was then. I remember it
being returned PDQ to be emptied. It was a Packard Merlin 66 of which we had
a very large stock, since at the end of the war the Yanks were still
shipping them. I was a graduate apprentice with R-R at the time and saw the
engine being removed from the box which was then re-delivered to its owner!
You are quite right about the weight alerting the delivery driver - he
couldn't shift it off his lorry. Incidentally a lot of these 66s were
fitted into Heinkel111s owned by the Spanish air force.
Alistair Wright

Wow! I thought it might be an Urban Legend, like the chap who bought a
nearly new Ford Pilot/Zephyr/Sierra/Mondeo for £5.

So thanks for confirming its truth.

[Flying Rat]

Post by Mike Lindsay

Post by Alistair Wright
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Post by Mike Lindsay

Post by Kevin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6197705.stm

A long time ago there were a number of wooden crates being auctioned off
at a Govt sale.
The successful bidder noticed one of the crates was extraordinarily
heavy.
When he got it back to his shed, which was difficult, on account of the
weight, he found it contained a brand new R-R Merlin.
--
Mike Lindsay

This tale is true. The packing case was purchased by an employee of
Rolls-Royce Hillington from R-R, not the MoS as it was then. I remember it
being returned PDQ to be emptied. It was a Packard Merlin 66 of which we had
a very large stock, since at the end of the war the Yanks were still
shipping them. I was a graduate apprentice with R-R at the time and saw the
engine being removed from the box which was then re-delivered to its owner!
You are quite right about the weight alerting the delivery driver - he
couldn't shift it off his lorry. Incidentally a lot of these 66s were
fitted into Heinkel111s owned by the Spanish air force.
Alistair Wright

Wow! I thought it might be an Urban Legend, like the chap who bought a
nearly new Ford Pilot/Zephyr/Sierra/Mondeo for £5.
So thanks for confirming its truth.

used to happen a lot, Charlie Richardson (South London gangster of the
1960s) got his break into the metals business buying up loads of
aircraft parts sight unseen for a tiny fraction of their worth. He would
buy the contents of a shed or hangar, then strip the frames or engines
down for the metal content. He bought a job lot of Spitfire parts and
Merlins for a few grand, and on a number of occasions did similar deals.

The postwar policy seemed to be get rid of it and get what you can for
it, rather than checking the goods and selling them individually.
Freddie Laker was another who made a nice few quid by bulk buying
postwar surplus planes (Harvards etc) for pennies. Many got parted out
but selling just a few at a reasonable price paid for the upfront cost
of buying them.

Lots of those "suitcase" deals done at the time (you buy the case blind
and get whatever it holds)

FR