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Hi guys , found this tonight .......................

Canadian Forces C-17 East Midlands Airport ? FighterControl ? Home to the Military Aviation Enthusiast

maybe this was an RCAF ''Canada trainer'' via Castle Don , East Mids a/p ...not far from RR and BoB country ....Hope so anyway .

rgds condor .

Yes still there today, rumour has it picking up some of the Lanc bits

Canadian Lanc engine appeal.

Dear PPRUNERS,

See link below to government website. It would be good if we could get to three figures from those of a like mind.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/70437

With fraternal greetings,
Ambi

Dundas St. W Toronto on the south side circa 65-66, a motorcycle/surplus shop whose name I disremember. Merlin for sale for around 500 bucks. Them was the days!

After an excellent landing etc...

Done. Good effort needed for a well deserved reward to our Canadian cousins. Expensive bit of kit but if it keeps one of our legends in the air. :cool:

And what happens when the BBMF need a Merlin for PA474, but their spare has been given to the Canadians? Will they get the funds to replace it?

Sigh.

The broken Canadian engine was left in the UK under repair.

Either it is returned to Canada when it is fixed and the BBMF engine is returned to the UK - or it will become an ex-Canadian engine, and the BBMF will have a newly-repaired spare.

That was all part of the bill mentioned in the original post.

Would doubt that GreenKnight, the BBMF one is a Rolls Royce and the Canadian one is a Packard built motor, plus the BBMF know their engines as do the Canadians..

Plenty of spares about take a look at this little lot

http://www.51-factory.com/inventory.htm

.

Hamilton's Lancaster bomber's borrowed engine returns to U.K. - Latest Hamilton news - CBC Hamilton

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Hamilton's Lancaster bomber's borrowed engine returns to U.K.
Vera needed the British Rolls Merlin engine when one of its own quit during U.K. tour

CBC News Posted: Dec 17, 2014 4:09 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 18, 2014 9:48 AM ET

Hamilton's Lancaster bomber Vera returned from its wildly successful cross-Atlantic tour three months ago with something borrowed. This week, it would be graciously returned it to its rightful owner.

A C-130 Hercules from the Royal Air Force U.K. arrived at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Wednesday afternoon to pick up a Merlin engine it lent to Vera in the summer so the Canadian plane could fly home.

During an historic six-week tour in the U.K. with the only other airworthy bomber of its kind, one of Vera's four engines broke down. The Second World War-era plane was only able to continue its tour and then fly back to its home base at the CWHM with the help of a borrowed engine, a Rolls-Royce Merlin.

"We were grateful to get it. We are glad to see it go back to its home," said Al Mickeloff, marketing manager of the museum.

The crew will finish loading the engine into the C-130 Wednesday afternoon, and the plane is scheduled to depart Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m.

Vera's broken engine is still undergoing repairs in the U.K. and is expected to be returned to Canada in April.

An outpouring of support from both sides of the Atlantic has helped offset the costs of the repairs — totalling $180,000 — and some of the missed airshows while the bomber was grounded. The museum even had to redesign its website to accommodate donations in British pounds.