East Fortune – The Photos………

Here are a couple of photos of the East Fortune Anson taken at Strathallan about 1972, with few of its “friends” The civillian colour scheme does not do much for it in my view.

This is the latest addition to the Museum a East Fortune. Its an Air & Space 18 in fact there are 2 one at the front of the “reserve” collection hanger and one tucked away at the back

A closer study of the scissor link upper attachment would suggest Seafire 47 with the cannon leading edge castings removed.

Mark

Photo taken about 1980. Perhaps RadarActive can have a look to see if its still tucked away somewhere after Concorde is sorted out!

Interesting Seafire wreckage. That could the start of a project in these days.

Do we know the date of the photograph?

I would suggest a Seafire XVII. It has the scissor links on the undercarriage to the rear.

It might even be a Seafire 47 although the gear does not look ‘beefy’ enough.

The cannon castings, if there, would be the give away.

Mark

You will note that the Seafire? bits are lying on a pallet marked TJ/472. Just for fun we painted up out anon Auster AOP5 as TJ472 and then by a process of elimination decided it was TJ398. Not bad for a guess!

At the time we thought it was a Seafire and they lay outside for some years at the “main” hanger now the jets hanger between the hanger and the Nizzen Hut.

PS How can you get a job than enables you to monitor this site! Or are you on a break or having a siccy!

Do you know which aircraft those wings were from?

It appears to have “lost” a photo!

Here are a couple of photos taken in the “early years” of the museum. I wonder what happened to the bit of Spitfire. I suppose like most of the other items recovered from the sea it just rotted away!!!

I seem to recall a lot of flaky paint on the upper surfaces of one cannon, at least, and the undersides were definitely a touch faded…!

The East Fortune Spit needs a good tidy up as well, there are panels missing underneath and the cannon bits have not been painted to match

Daz,

Here is a museum display composite propeller and spinner that I made about 15 years ago.

‘Needs must’ at the time.

If the engine were able to run, I am sure the prop would have even been able to sustain idle rpm.

Mark

Don’t see why not – a lot of GA props are made of composites these days.

I’d have a crack at it, I guess, but I’d want plenty of practice first!

When needs must.

Daz,

Here is a museum display ‘composite resin materials’ propeller and spinner that I made about 15 years ago.

‘Needs must’ at the time.

If the engine were able to run, I am sure the prop would have even been able to sustain idle rpm.

Mark

Arrange to get it down to me and I will fix within a couple of days.

It would not be the first, nor the second, Spitfire prop that I have done that to.

That said, this use of composite materials would be a perfect apprenticeship to get familiarisation for somebody embarking on say a foam pack kit aircraft project.

If they lived close by, well so much much the better. 😉

Mark

Dunno anyone like that around here…! 😀

Short propellers

Off you go then 😉

Arrange to get it down to me and I will fix within a couple of days.

It would not be the first, nor the second, Spitfire prop that I have done that to.

That said, this use of composite materials would be a perfect apprenticeship to get familiarisation for somebody embarking on say a foam pack kit aircraft project.

If they lived close by, well so much much the better. 😉

Mark

Those rounded tips on the propeller have offended for years.

One gets damaged so they trim the other three to suit.

Not beyond the capability of the average handy man, I would have thought, to splice in a 16swg aluminium profile and build up and dress the section with two pack filler (Bondo).

A Dowty-Rotol stencil and an ID patch…. 🙂

Mark

Off you go then 😉

Those rounded tips on the propeller have offended for years.

One gets damaged so they trim the other three to suit.

Not beyond the capability of the average handy man, I would have thought, to splice in a 16swg aluminium profile and build up and dress the section with two pack filler (Bondo).

A Dowty-Rotol stencil and an ID patch…. 🙂

Mark

Been looking a bit rough around the edges for quite a while now, but I guess it has to take its place in the queue along with all the others.

We’re slowly repainting it as a PR LFXVI 😉 .

Seriously though, it does look as though it may need repainted, but this could take some time with everything else that’s been going on lately.