It’s a bit of a long shot, but can anyone ID this spinner. I photographed it last week on the island of Tahiti Iti (the smaller island of Tahiti), on the Taravao – Teahupoo road. It is bolted on top of a fencepost outside a house located between the mileposts PK 13 – 14. (This is almost as far away as you can get on Tahiti from the Fa’aa airport!).
This spinner looks sound, is obviously off a four-blade prop system, and seems to be mainly fiberglass (which presumably dates it post WW2). Diameter at the blunt end seems to be about 200mm.
Given that Tahiti is in French Polynesia, I guess it is of French origin.
By: pogno - 22nd June 2011 at 12:05
The number ES2498 looks like the series that Hawkers used for Sea Furies and others.
I agree it looks as if it might be a nose cap rather than a spinner, the lanyard also makes me think that.
Richard
By: John Aeroclub - 22nd June 2011 at 11:05
Looks like a drop tank nose cone to me.
John
By: ZRX61 - 1st March 2011 at 19:04
It might even be a Battle of Britain Dambuster Spitfire, of course. Very rare.
naaa, wriong colour, it should be Sky type S duck egg yellow polkadot pink.
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st March 2011 at 18:12
Spinner i/d
Another vote in the Dart Viscount/748 category from me.
Standard spinner for the Dowty prop on any Dart powered aircraft.
Anon.
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st March 2011 at 18:04
Battle of Britain
Dambuster
Spitfire
As we all know, anything on e-bay will fall into one of the three categories!
There are no other categories, are there?
It might even be a Battle of Britain Dambuster Spitfire, of course. Very rare.
Oh…..and Bruce…..will you be bringing the contents of your shed to Shoreham???? :);););)
By: paulmcmillan - 1st March 2011 at 17:59
Competition
Fill in the folllowing sentence….
“I have a bit from a ________ aircraft can anyone identity it”
By: Graham Adlam - 1st March 2011 at 17:55
Sell them on ebay as Spitfire would be a more accurate description than allot of stuff on there :diablo:
By: Bruce - 1st March 2011 at 16:06
748 as well – pretty much anything RR Dart powered.
You still got them Bruce? May be needing some for G-BEJD when we finally get her to Speke.
Jon
Yes, I was looking at the with TT18Timbo the other day, and wondering what to do with them!
Bruce
By: kev35 - 1st March 2011 at 16:01
Thanks Bruce, much appreciated.
Regards,
kev35
By: adrian_gray - 1st March 2011 at 16:00
They would be ideal for a statue of Jane Russell…
I’ll get my coat.
Adrian
By: Bruce - 1st March 2011 at 15:53
I’ll have a measure up Kev, and drop you a PM.
Bruce
By: kev35 - 1st March 2011 at 15:39
Incidentally Bruce, how big are those Viscount/748 spinners and how much would one, or a pair, cost?
Regards,
kev35
By: Bograt - 1st March 2011 at 15:18
Tell him they make a nice hanging basket…….:)
It’s even got the holes to slip the chains through!
By: Peter - 1st March 2011 at 14:50
Definately dart powered spinner, viscount HS748 etc etc
By: Jon H - 1st March 2011 at 14:41
748 as well – pretty much anything RR Dart powered.
You still got them Bruce? May be needing some for G-BEJD when we finally get her to Speke.
Jon
By: Graham Adlam - 1st March 2011 at 14:33
wow that was fast thankyou 🙂
By: benyboy - 1st March 2011 at 14:30
And I thought I would sound daft saying Andover or other Turboprop 🙂
By: Bruce - 1st March 2011 at 14:28
Coo, I wish it was; I have about 20 of those cluttering up the shed.
Viscount….
Bruce
By: John Aeroclub - 18th July 2007 at 13:21
Just a guess but try Noratlas as they often had dayglow spirals on them. The French also used Neptunes and Transalls out there.
John
By: 12jaguar - 18th July 2007 at 11:46
Noratlas?
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