By: warbirdUK - 19th July 2004 at 07:36
WarbirdUK
They were fitted that way for some reason long before I got there. PM is the last so no more hammering or funny insertion tools for us,and no I wasn’t at Fairford.
Great, glad to hear it 😀 😀
Cheers……………
By: Fluffy - 18th July 2004 at 19:44
WarbirdUK
They were fitted that way for some reason long before I got there. PM is the last so no more hammering or funny insertion tools for us,and no I wasn’t at Fairford.
By: mike currill - 17th July 2004 at 19:29
Oh well whatever the delay in getting them healthy again and back in the air will be worth it. The good thing is that the pilots all lived to tell the tale even if they dis suffer cuts, bruises and pulled muscles
By: stewart1a - 17th July 2004 at 18:37
fluffy were u at RIAT yesterday?
By: warbirdUK - 17th July 2004 at 18:32
Manonthefence
PM631’s engine is being checked out by Retro and hopefully it should be back with us in 4 to 6 weeks, however because she was brought back by road we require new wing bolts to be manufactured. We are hoping if all goes well to have her in the air before the end of our display season.
PB
Well, if you don’t hammer them in you stand a chance of re-using them again! 😉 😀
I’ve seen the drawing for your insertion tool, for hammering the bolts in! Why do you need one of those?? :confused:
Cheers……………….
By: DazDaMan - 17th July 2004 at 18:08
Love the joke you sent last night.
Melv
Blame the other half for that one! 😉
By: John C - 16th July 2004 at 11:57
So what is the procedure for testing an engine for shock loading? I can see that a sudden stop can put an awful lot of stress on the whizzy roundy uppy downy bits inside the engine, so what would be checked? Con-rods and crank for straightness, stress fractures in the block, mains and big-ends for overload? Is it a complete strip or something that can be done easily?
Just out of interest loike…
John C
petrol head
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 16th July 2004 at 11:34
We can make you better, stronger, faster…. 😉
Sorry, had to be done!
Love the joke you sent last night.
Melv
By: DazDaMan - 16th July 2004 at 11:32
one of the hangars at southend, we can rebuild her.
We can make you better, stronger, faster…. 😉
Sorry, had to be done!
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 16th July 2004 at 11:09
Is that an earthing lead attached to ‘631’s tailwheel in Robbo’s second shot? Not seen that before, is this normal?
Apparently standard practice across the RAF. Since the BBMF work to all the same standards as the rest of the service, they get a grounding wire too. Most sensible.
Melv
By: Arabella-Cox - 16th July 2004 at 11:01
Is that an earthing lead attached to ‘631’s tailwheel in Robbo’s second shot? Not seen that before, is this normal?
By: eddywinch82 - 16th July 2004 at 10:44
Great Pictures Robbo 🙂
By: usernamechanged - 15th July 2004 at 22:03
more pics on the bbmf air to air link
By: usernamechanged - 15th July 2004 at 22:01
one of the hangars at southend, we can rebuild her.
By: WebPilot - 15th July 2004 at 21:57
In one of the hangars at Southend, at a guess…
By: eddywinch82 - 15th July 2004 at 21:51
Where was that picture taken ?
By: usernamechanged - 15th July 2004 at 20:47
pm in bits
By: Ray Jade - 14th July 2004 at 22:00
For what its worth, the BBMF Lanc plus a Spitfire thingy (funny shaped tail, airfix sky blue paint) past over North Oxon heading due South at about 19.00 today.
Seen their (?) DC3 about a lot lately – has she been at Coventry?
Oh, and about two RAF’s worth of fast jets going back and forth; back and forth; day and night. What are American cousins up to right now?
:dribble: back to bed :humph:
By: merlin70 - 14th July 2004 at 16:53
Eddiewinch82
Fluffy has answered those questions in thread #7 above.
By: jbs - 14th July 2004 at 16:21
What ever happened to Spitfire Ia AR213 is she being rebuilt any Pictures ?
Regards
Eddie Winch
Eddie,
She is being rebuilt at Personal Plane Services, Booker. I know that one of the chaps looks in here from time to time (you know who you are 😉 and did you enjoy Legends on Saturday BTW) so you never know you might get a reply from someone who knows all about it
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