Bruntingthorpe Auster frames.

Thank again

Hi David
Thanks for that, we have two short for and aft short “dumbell” type tubes, so, thats 100% J1.
Thanks again for the help.
Best wishes.

In the cockpit floor of a J series it has two short tubes capped at both ends. These take the under carriage bungees . The Terrier/AOP.6 series have a large structure which runs laterally to take the undercarriage bungees. It looks similar to a box structure and if you get the chance you will see quite a dramatic difference when placed side by side.

Texan flyby.

One last thing, who’s was the Texan that did the flyby at Bruntingthorpe on Saturday, it sounded fantastic, can’t wait for some engine runs from you guy’s.

Landing gear mounts

Hi David
Just out of interest, what is the diference between the two types of landing gear mounts?
Best wishes,

Thank again

Hi Ben
So that’s what woody is up to! hope he flies it better than a J.P. (ask Malc, he still has nightmares!), but I wont comment on his ability in a “big orange jet” in case he reads this and comes looking for me! B*****s, I just remembered, he knows were I live!!!!
Re the Auster frame, we now understand why the two you had looked a bit different from each other, so are satisfied she is a J1 now, and that is all Max needs to know.
We will try and catch up with you guys again soon, as you have probably guessed, Max is now looking for parts and any information on how to rebuild her, you don’t have a parts book we could look at do you?
And re the kind words, to be honest, we hadn’t really seen much of your work until a few weeks ago when we wondered over, but I was taken aback by what I saw. Every now and then a bit of work leaps out at me, and the Texan airframes certainly did, the last time I was that taken was with Malcolm Lambert’s Canberra at Coventry (if you haven’t seen it, you should).
In a previous life, I was a Master Airframe fitter, specialising in structural repairs, so I know bad work when I fall over it, good work when I see it and excellent work when it jumps out at me. Heaven knows what you will achieve now you have a proper home to work in.
One last thing, don’t tell Adrian I have heaped praise on him, we will never here the last of it, and you might have to make the crew door wider at the top (if you see what I mean!).
Best wishes.

Ritch – we’ll talk on this again (full after sales service at Beech Restorations, your statutory rights are very much affected) meantimes forgot to say – thanks for the kind words!

ATB

TT

P.S.

Rob –

Yes, there is another Auster on site, being rebuilt to fly by Mark and John Wood

The J.1 and Terrer family are very different in terms of the undercarriage mounts . That should make it easy to get a rough idea of what you have.

R&M

We were jolly busy on Saturday when you collected the Auster frame you swapped with us-so we didnt talk about this – we have the gen on one frame, the others have no identity as we said – and havent done since they were acquired from Derby 20 years ago….there is no way of finding out what they are either other than the sub variant ie J/1, Terrier etc . The ID plates are gone and no serials are extant.

Afraid you’ll need to file yours under ‘unknown’

Cheers fella

TT

Thanks to all.

Hi

Thanks David and Rob for the help, as always it is very much appreciated.

Blue Robin, yes Texas Tomcat is still part of the Beech Restorations crew, and if you haven’t yet been to see the SRA hanger and it’s contents, you should, the quality of build on the Beech and Texan airframes is as good as I have ever seen, and I have been in the aircraft business professionally a very long time.

Mike, I wouldn’t call anyone on this forum an anorak, this forum gives us access to a vast wealth of hidden knowledge, and when I think back just a few years, it could have taken me weeks, not hours to access that knowledge, so thanks to all who share so freely so often.

Thanks again.

R&M there you go I told you there’d be an Auster anorak along shortly:) . Seriously though, I’m always amazed at the wealth of knowledge available from members of this forum.

The Auster frame with modified rear cockpit tubes to resemble a Plus D is G-AJPZ . Auster’s carry a small brass plate mounted above the right hand door with a TAY number on -this is the frame number which can usually be related to a registration.

Um TexanTomcat is still part of Beech Restorations at Brunters isn’t he? :confused:

Thanks for the info.

Hi Rob
Good to here from you, and thanks for the information. We must talk at Bruntingthorpe sometime soon, we seem to keep missing each other. Pop over to the JP’s or Guppy sometime, thats where we normaly hide!

I believe yours is a J1 Ritch, the other one (mine, I think) is a J1 too, G-AJPZ. Think there might be another one on site but not owned by Beech Restorations

There’s bound to be at least one Auster anorak on here.:D