Our family have connections with Vickers/BAC and have uncovered a copy of the following drawing. Sadly the relative in question has passed away so we are none the wiser as to what this part was for.
The drawing is dated 1973 and dimensions are in mm as opposed to imperial.[ATTACH=CONFIG]258001[/ATTACH]
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By: Arm Waver - 31st December 2017 at 09:22
jgd-nw
Brilliant. Thanks.
Never thought of it being a military part was too busy focussing on the measurements and didn’t even properly register the NATO classification on it!
By: jgd-nw - 30th December 2017 at 16:23
It’s a Tornado IDS ( prototype ) drawing, the first two digits 73 identifies it as a system drawing , probably hydraulics ; but my memory alas is getting a bit vague at this distance . Weybridge had quite an involvement both on the design and manufacture side
By: Arm Waver - 30th December 2017 at 09:33
Thanks. Will give them a try in the new year.
By: Archer - 29th December 2017 at 22:12
It might be worth contacting the Brooklands Museum, someone in the archives there might be able to connect that number to something else in their collection. Or perhaps the date will enable them to figure out what project was being worked on. Just a thought.
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December 29, 2017 at 8:51 pm