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May 1, 2016 at 8:02 pm

Tail wheels id

Looking for help to identify these wheels please :eagerness: [ATTACH=CONFIG]245648[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]245649[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]245647[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]245650[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]245651[/ATTACH]

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By: sopwith.7f1 - 3rd May 2016 at 10:03

I seem to recall some one telling me “many years ago”, that the steel wheels were an emergency Mod made around the time of the D/Day invasion, something to do with the standard alloy wheels breaking when used on PSP runways.

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By: Lysanderlover - 2nd May 2016 at 14:46

Clearly these are Spitfire (cough)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW2-Rear-Aircraft-Tail-Wheel-from-Spitfire-Hurricane-/172190530304?hash=item28175afb00:g:yZwAAOSw9~RXJlJ4

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By: ericmunk - 1st May 2016 at 21:38

I’m sure somebody will be along to directly identify some of these. The 4.95x 3.5 and 4.00x 3.5 however were used on a myriad of aircraft. From surplus stock these wheels were then re-used postwar on sailplanes (the first on the Skylark and some other, the latter on Olympia, Prefect, Sky and the like).