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DH Vampire drawings availability

Vampire A79-202(FB31) is missing the Starboard Flaps.
Do drawings still exist for these parts and if so, who do I need to contact?

Alternatively, does anyone have a set for sale?
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Waynne
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By: jeep1943 - 19th November 2013 at 06:51

Thanks guys.

I might try removing the Port side and seeing how hard it would be to mirror image first.

I just wish I was born 10 years earlier than I was as a lot of Vampire/ Meteor/ Canberra frames were disposed of locally.

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By: Firebex - 18th November 2013 at 21:31

Bruce was there not a lot of stuff mixed in the containers with the Venom stuff at Bournemouth

I think now in Ireland ???.

There may be some spares with the guys at North Weald ,Atlantique airforce (or what ever they are this week).

Or the only other possible source who do have a good bit of stuff are the Norwegian Airforce Historic flight.

If they are interchangeable we still need one Bruce to replace our damaged ones.We have one new one if we cant get a

replacement we will have to rework what we have.

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By: Bruce - 18th November 2013 at 13:39

Flaps should be the same across the range.

There were loads around until relatively recently; I think a big pile were scrapped in the last 5 or so years unfortunately.

Post a picture of the port side, just so we know what we are looking for.

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By: Firebex - 18th November 2013 at 12:54

Vampire A79-202(FB31) is missing the Starboard Flaps.
Do drawings still exist for these parts and if so, who do I need to contact?

Alternatively, does anyone have a set for sale?
regards

Waynne
SA Aviation Museum

The guys who now run DH aviation have most of the DH drawings on the vampire but they are fairly expensive for copies.

You could also ask Bruce Gordon he has a fair bit of vampire stuff or may even know where to ask.

Sorry we only have T22/T55 stuff for our lady.

Mike E

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