Good afternoon,
This is my first post on this wonderful public forum. Hopefully the first of many. I was recommended I post on here by a good friend.
As a little background to my post, I have recently become good friends with a gentleman who served in the FAA towards the end of the war, and for a few years after.
After leaving the service, he went on to fly a number of civilian aircraft including proctors. Since we have been in contact, he has given me a number of parts that he had left from his proctor owning days, and I was hoping to find a suitable project that we could work on together.
I am not talking for flying, or a full restoration, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a suitable proctor cockpit, or even instrument panel etc available in the UK that I could restore in honour of my friend.
Thanks for now.
Aircraft
By: Aircraft - 20th June 2014 at 21:33
Thank you all for your kind words and information. I will be sending Tango Charlie an email..
By: Tango Charlie - 19th June 2014 at 21:26
Good afternoon,
This is my first post on this wonderful public forum. Hopefully the first of many. I was recommended I post on here by a good friend.
As a little background to my post, I have recently become good friends with a gentleman who served in the FAA towards the end of the war, and for a few years after.
After leaving the service, he went on to fly a number of civilian aircraft including proctors. Since we have been in contact, he has given me a number of parts that he had left from his proctor owning days, and I was hoping to find a suitable project that we could work on together.
I am not talking for flying, or a full restoration, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a suitable proctor cockpit, or even instrument panel etc available in the UK that I could restore in honour of my friend.
Thanks for now.
Aircraft
Evening Aircraft, welcome to the forum. I suggest if you are able, why no come pay us a visit at Great Oakley. There we can show you four Proctors, two Mk 3’s one Mk 1V and a V. We have 95% of the original drawings on CD so building a replica cockpit should be quite feasible especially if you have good wood working skills. Out of curiosity what original parts do you have and wish to include in any cockpit build? Windscreen moulds we have for all Proctor Marks, cabin doors might be a problem, but wooden ones could be made. Hope to hear from you
By: Propstrike - 19th June 2014 at 20:18
There is a ‘contact us’ box on the website.
By: eye4wings - 19th June 2014 at 16:59
Tango Charlie is your man at Great Oakley Aircraft (can’t believe nobody got that name before you!). A PM on here will get you in touch.
By: Propstrike - 19th June 2014 at 16:16
That is quite right. They are the leading Proctologists in the UK, and should be the first port of call.
http://www.greatoakleyairfield.co.uk/aircraft-restorations.php
By: Trolly Aux - 19th June 2014 at 13:19
Welcome to the forum Aircraft
I know air-relics.co.uk had some wing spars up for sale a while back and also it could be worthwhile contacting the Proctor guys up at Great Oakley airfield, Essex as they are rebuilding a couple.
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June 19, 2014 at 12:59 pm