World heritage air museum is looking for help to restore their DH Venom to airworthy. Thought I’d post it here as some people might know repair procedures? Some pretty scary wood deterioration!
Link:
https://www.facebook.com/worldheritageairmuseum/posts/874273422638163
By: Bruce - 3rd July 2015 at 11:54
The Vampire (DH100 and 115) is well served with surviving examples from de Havilland production.
The Venom is not – there is just one surviving single seater from Chester production, plus a couple of fuselage pods. There are four or five two seat Venoms – NF3 and NF51, and quite a few Sea Venoms.
Bruce
By: PILATUS-P3 - 3rd July 2015 at 08:39
Hello
Do you mean flying examples…or museum ones?
By: wally-to - 2nd July 2015 at 11:55
Excuse me gent’s,
I read a book some years ago that mentions DH 100s built in Italy. I know about The Pilatus DH112 examples, there’s load of them about (possibly inside a mountain somewhere) How many De Havilland examples of each still survive? My ears are sometimes alerted to the sound of a Ghost or Goblin although seldom.
I heard a Cessna push pull last Sunday and got to window to see it streaking across the sky.
Happy days I hope it was an O2, it sounded beautiful.
:rolleyes::rolleyes::D
By: Bruce - 2nd July 2015 at 10:12
I posted some advice on the Facebook link – hopefully it will be of help. It they get really stuck, I have a spare pod….
By: TempestV - 2nd July 2015 at 05:44
advice
I know. Just thought that as it’s a British design, maybe someone here could help them with advice.
For starters, Bruce is correct with the need to strip off the fabric and see what you have. In parallel with this, get hold of a copy of the DH venom repair AP. Swiss or RAF. DH were very good in showing where their woodwork could/couldn’t be repaired on an airframe. If the damage is in a place they say is ok to fix, they will need to get a certified wood repair done following one of the DH schemes. If the damage is in one of the No-go areas, then it will remain forevermore a static unless the complete pod is replaced.
Hope this helps.
By: Newforest - 1st July 2015 at 19:01
Only for the benefit of people (like me!) who didn’t know where it was and save them searching!
By: Fouga23 - 1st July 2015 at 18:17
I know. Just thought that as it’s a British design, maybe someone here could help them with advice.
By: Newforest - 1st July 2015 at 17:09
The World Heritage Air Museum is situated in Detroit, Michigan.
By: Bruce - 1st July 2015 at 15:20
I’m inclined to agree with your last comment Eric.
Wings off, Fabric off, See what you’ve got. It doesn’t look happy, and I’ll bet the fuselage has been full of water at some point as well.
Bruce
By: ericmunk - 1st July 2015 at 14:48
Basic aircraft woodwork techniques and tooling are very well brought in ‘Werkstattpraxis für den Bau von Gleit- und Segelflugzeugen’ by Hans Jacobs, pre-war and hard to find, but there’s some scans floating around on the web. Judging from the condition of the pod the repairs will be for static display only anyway…
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