Guess the wheels again please!

Hi Skypilot62,

I would bet that the AH numbers applied to civilian as well as military, but I don’t know for sure.

Re the larger tail wheel, I get the impression it’s from a 1940’s/50’s type. Can I see a treaded tyre, rather than a smooth one?

18 inches suggests something pretty chunky, but not four-engined. Hmmm, wild guess, but how about something like Viking/Valetta?

Regards,

Al

Can anyone tell me if AH nos are only used on military wheels? Still no luck on the large tail wheel then?

Whoops no it aint !!! hold tight on that sky pilot think i made a boo boo will look further

skypilot,
we have around four of them in the museum so it looks 100% the same as yours I will try and fins a picture and post it for you,

Colin

Colin, not wishing to doubt but can you tell me what makes it uniquely Hurricane?

Tail Wheel is Hurricane !!!

Thanks for that. I’ll see if I can extract an AH number. As I said, corrosion from the sea air made it quite difficlut to see any markings and I had a limited amount of time. Any ideas on that last large tailwheel?

I’ve still got a Tiger Moth item we discussed. PM your address and I’ll send it to you.

The tyre size (4.95 – 3 1/2) of the tail wheel was common to quite a few types, Anson, Swordfish, Fulmar etc. Are there any “AH…” ref. numbers from the wheel itself?

The 11.25 – 12 tyre size is correct for a Barracuda or Firefly. Again, without an “AH…”ref. from the wheel itself, it’s hard to say which one.

Next, another much larger (18″ diameter) tailwheel and tyre. Again type uncertain.

Thanks in advance one and all.

Next up is a tail wheel unit. Unknown type.