Mystery propeller blade…. In the family for more than 40 years….
Dear Fellow Aviation enthusiasts,
As long as I life there is a propeller blade standing in the entrance hall of my grandmother’s house. This blade was owned by my grandfather who got it during his working career as an airplane mechanic in the period from 1945 to the 1970’s. At that time he was working for the KLM and was stationed in Indonesia, Rome and the Far East. If I remember correctly he got the blade while working in Rome where it was in storage for a long period before he got it in his possession. If I remember correctly he once told me it belonged to a “De Havilland Twin Otter” , “Piper Cub” and according to my grandmother it was from a Spitfire that was buried / crashed in the dessert… The last I highly doubt since it is in rather good condition and more important I cannot believe such a high powered plane would have prop blades of approx. 40 inch (1020 mm) length.
As mentioned earlier the blade have a length of approx. 40 inch (1020 mm) and an maximum with of approx. 6 inch (152 mm).
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On the blade the following info was found..
6’ No 2 CT2502/NA DRG NO P511 56/B/1R (Could also be 56/8/1R) RD 15687
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The prop is of the cntroled pitch typoe and the pitch mechanism has 36 teith. There are two rings mounted around the center of the prop. One of the rings has the following info stamped in it:
12 C2 OJMR R8 Made in England
The other ring has some burned in numbers that cannot be read.
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While going through a pile papers I also found an original G.A. drawing of an “Twin Pioneer” plane…. So this can also have something to do with the prop blade.
Below you can find some pictures of the prop blade. Hope you can be of help identifying the blade and the plane type it was used on.
Best regards,
Martijn
*** Pictures will be posted in later reply… had no idea how to post them ***
By: Snoopy7422 - 21st June 2012 at 22:32
Thanks for the info…… Anny idea on plane type where these props where used on?
As Anne said;-
By: rivaaquarama - 21st June 2012 at 19:48
P51156 = Percival Vega Gull, fore-runner of the Proctor. The markings on the blade fit in with it being for a per WW2 VP Hamilton Standard/deHavilland prop.
Anne
Thanks for the info…… Anny idea on plane type where these props where used on?
By: anneorac - 21st June 2012 at 12:35
P51156 = Percival Vega Gull, fore-runner of the Proctor. The markings on the blade fit in with it being for a per WW2 VP Hamilton Standard/deHavilland prop.
Anne
By: rivaaquarama - 21st June 2012 at 09:33
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By: Bager1968 - 20th June 2012 at 03:24
Mystery propeller blade…. In the family for more than 40 years….
Dear Fellow Aviation enthusiasts,
As long as I life there is a propeller blade standing in the entrance hall of my grandmother’s house. This blade was owned by my grandfather who got it during his working career as an airplane mechanic in the period from 1945 to the 1970’s. At that time he was working for the KLM and was stationed in Indonesia, Rome and the Far East. If I remember correctly he got the blade while working in Rome where it was in storage for a long period before he got it in his possession. If I remember correctly he once told me it belonged to a “De Havilland Twin Otter” , “Piper Cub” and according to my grandmother it was from a Spitfire that was buried / crashed in the dessert… The last I highly doubt since it is in rather good condition and more important I cannot believe such a high powered plane would have prop blades of approx. 40 inch (1020 mm) length.
As mentioned earlier the blade have a length of approx. 40 inch (1020 mm) and an maximum with of approx. 6 inch (152 mm).***
On the blade the following info was found..
6’ No 2 CT2502/NA DRG NO P511 56/B/1R (Could also be 56/8/1R) RD 15687***
The prop is of the cntroled pitch typoe and the pitch mechanism has 36 teith. There are two rings mounted around the center of the prop. One of the rings has the following info stamped in it:
12 C2 OJMR R8 Made in England
The other ring has some burned in numbers that cannot be read.***
While going through a pile papers I also found an original G.A. drawing of an “Twin Pioneer” plane…. So this can also have something to do with the prop blade.
Below you can find some pictures of the prop blade. Hope you can be of help identifying the blade and the plane type it was used on.Best regards,
Martijn
On all of these I get a “cannot be displayed because the image contains errors” message.
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th June 2012 at 21:00
Prop blade
Sounds like Twin Pin could fit the bill but the pictures would help no-end. I can’t see any!
Anon.
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