Hello all,
Im not really up on what Blind Flying Panel belongs to what aircraft indeed if you can identify a type as I know that there is some cross over.
But Ive got one lying around at home and wondered if you can tell what aircraft type/s it would be out of. Am I correct in thinking the shape of the top of the panel allows you to roughly date the period its from?
Ive included a pic, sorry for the poor quality.
On the rear of the panel is a code IIIF.IIY, time hasnt been kind to the code (marked in white) so it may be slightly diff to what Ive qouted.
By: Jon H - 7th October 2008 at 18:03
Where did you find that?
Please dont tell me that it was on one of those threads I requested help finding earlier as Ive sat looking through them on and off all day. 😮
It’s a thread I have bookmarked as it is a handy reference tool.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=80812
Post #5 😀
Having just looked yes it is one of the threads Dave T found – first one I am afraid :dev2:
Jon
By: Phantom Phixer - 7th October 2008 at 17:55
Where did you find that?
Please dont tell me that it was on one of those threads I requested help finding earlier as Ive sat looking through them on and off all day. 😮
By: Jon H - 7th October 2008 at 17:52
You mention 4F Jon.
Lookin at mine again the first prefix could either be my originally though 111F or just maybe a 14F. Does that fit in with what you see on your panel?
Also did Doves have ILIS? I wasnt aware that they did.
Well a quick trawl on here (god bless the search feature) and 14F is the Dove’s bigger brother the Heron 🙂
Jon
By: Phantom Phixer - 7th October 2008 at 17:36
You mention 4F Jon.
Lookin at mine again the first prefix could either be my originally though 111F or just maybe a 14F. Does that fit in with what you see on your panel?
Also did Doves have ILIS? I wasnt aware that they did.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 3rd October 2008 at 11:42
lucky sod!:D
By: Jon H - 2nd October 2008 at 14:53
Good find Jon – what was it from?
TT
Well initially thought it was Anson knowing at least one ended it days at Speke, however turned out to be off DH Dove XJ323/G-AMXY
One stamp was a DH Hatfield inspection stamp and the another started 4F which Bruce tells me is a Dove prefix. Some more research showed 2 Doves meant their end (scrapped) at Speke in the early 70’s with only one of these having ever been a military machine – hence I got the a/c id 😀
Of course I am happy to be proved wrong and be told it is from a 312 Czech Squadron Hurricane 😉
All I need to do know is to find the cache of snapon tools buried on the airfield somewhere after the war when the USAF pulled out………
Jon
By: Phantom Phixer - 2nd October 2008 at 14:47
Any manufacturing stamps on it?
I found one recently at Speke (in a bush on the old perimeter track) and the stamps on the back of it eventually helped me pin down the a/c it came from.
Jon
Nothing at all on it other than the mentioned white letters im afraid.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 2nd October 2008 at 14:37
Good find Jon – what was it from?
TT
By: Jon H - 2nd October 2008 at 14:29
Any manufacturing stamps on it?
I found one recently at Speke (in a bush on the old perimeter track) and the stamps on the back of it eventually helped me pin down the a/c it came from.
Jon
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