I came across a 1970’s Smithsonian Museum record of aircraft engines held by Museums and a ‘L Fletcher Collection’ was recorded as having a Napier Dagger. Does anybody know about this collection and what became of the Dagger engine? Thank you, Ed.
By: andrewclark - 16th December 2023 at 09:54
You’re welcome, Ed. I’ll remind my friend to look for photos, but hope you get lucky with the address.
Cheers for now
Andrew
By: powerandpassion - 15th December 2023 at 07:45
Andrew Clark, wonderful! Thank you for responding and of course I would be grateful to see any photos, once found, thanks, Ed
By: andrewclark - 15th November 2023 at 05:04
Hi powerand passion
I had the pleasure of visiting Laurie Fletcher & his amazing collection, with a friend of mine, many years ago now. He was a lovely chap but I know that, sadly, he died in November 2001.
I do not know what happened to his collection, but my friend has offered to look to see what photos he has from our visit. If any of a Dagger come to light, I will let you know. My friend was also able to confirm that Laurie’s address was 40 Quarn Drive, Allestree, Derby. DE22 2NQ. He believes that Laurie died there and left a son who, at the time of Laurie’s death, was living at the same address.
Perhaps it would be writing to that address, to see if Laurie’s son is still there?
I hope this helps
Andrew
By: powerandpassion - 18th October 2023 at 22:37
TonyT, thanks for the links. Silver Biplanes is the scrapyard recovery Dagger in the photo.
By: powerandpassion - 18th October 2023 at 22:35
Feroxeng, the engine bearers in the photo came from the Hector remains used in the restoration of Demon G-BTVE. So they are not lost and happily reunited with other Dagger and Hector remains. Just need more Dagger material to make those 24 cylinders roar at 5,000 rpm again.
By: avion ancien - 18th October 2023 at 10:21
If you google ‘cloughjordan hector key aero forum’ you’ll find that this is a topic which has been much discussed hitherto on this forum!
By: feroxeng - 17th October 2023 at 23:24
I can’t resist asking what happened to the oh-so-distinctive Dagger engine mount that was in the Cloughjordan Hector in the early 1960s. The aircraft was used to recreate a non-Hector biplane by Viv Bellamy and Skysport, so the engine mount wasn’t used. I hope someone saved it, so do we know where it is?
Feroxeng
By: TonyT - 17th October 2023 at 13:37
Survivors listed at the bottom of the page.
https://npht.org/about-napier/products/aero-engines/piston/dagger/
and
https://npht.org/research/where-to-see/
By: powerandpassion - 16th October 2023 at 09:48
By way of compensation for bumping a thread I add a photo of a Hector, but it needs more Dagger please.
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