Typhoon heaven(old thread 2004)

I’m 99% certain at least 2 of those (pictured in a very early edition of Flypast circa 1982-3) are the ones owned by Peter Smith, and displayed for many years at Brooklands.

The FlyPast article in question was in the second issue, July/August 1981. There is one very small photo of the Typhoon cockpit section ‘recovered from a midlands scrapyard in 1977’ . It also says that it ‘is owned by a group of aviation enthusiasts known as the Air Historical Group’. This cockpit section has more fuselage surviving aft than the one in Mark 12s photo, more like the one in my photo below, taken at Biggin Hill in 1986.

Geoff.

Low value heavy steel tubes in the cockpit area attached to a full aluminium high value monocoque rear fuselage. Engine – High aluminium content.

Typhoon cockpit sections all seem to have ended up in this state. I’ve posted this pic before but it illustrates the theme. Stockport area, circa late sixties and even barer than the ones in Mark 12’s pic….

Scap value.

One question I have seen a few scrap tiffie cockpit section photos, but none have the ‘front’ or ‘rear’ attached, why? Was there nothing in the cockpit of scrap value, or any other reason?

Low value heavy steel tubes in the cockpit area attached to a full aluminium high value monocoque rear fuselage. Engine – High aluminium content.

Mark

One question I have seen a few scrap tiffie cockpit section photos, but none have the ‘front’ or ‘rear’ attached, why? Was there nothing in the cockpit of scrap value, or any other reason?

Tiffie cockpits…

Dave,

I’m 99% certain at least 2 of those (pictured in a very early edition of Flypast circa 1982-3) are the ones owned by Peter Smith, and displayed for many years at Brooklands.

According to the latest Wrecks ‘n’ Relics 19 they are currently resident at the Hawkinge BofB museum.

Apart from the recently recovered Chippenham example plus of course, Duxfords… I’m not aware of any other ‘original’ cockpits in preservation, discounting rebuilds such as Roger Marleys stunning example. 🙂

Typhoon Cockpit…

The only relatively complete Car Door type Typhoon cockpit section that I am aware survives is with the Gloucester Aviation Musuem. This was recovered from Flowers Scrap Yard…does this sound familiar? If it is the same one then the cowlings and control grip were all removed before the museum took ownership.

All other ‘complete’ cockpit structures are sliding hood Typhoons.

Mark,

I remember seing a photograph of the same sections but taken from a more “behind” angle in an article about the Typhoon in Flypast over a decade ago. IIRC it is a survivor. Wasn’t this the section that was used for paint trials by Glosters?

Hope this helps

Here is a photo of a Typhoon undercarriage leg that was trawled up from the north sea off IJmuiden. It has been on display in our museum ever since.

Cheers

Cees

Interesting photo! I wish I knew the answer, but wonder if any of them may have been either 1) an unidentified Typhoon cockpit section (owned by a preservation group) that appeared v briefly at Brooklands in the early 1980s on the site of what became today’s museum – or 2) a similar cockpit section (with other lesser parts) loaned to Brooklands Museum by Peter Smith of the Friends of Biggin Hill in the 1990s?

Tube con

Sort of reminds me of what some guys here start with for a C.A.12/13 Boomerang Project :rolleyes: , And now we have a very nice one flying 🙂 , Sure is a pitty it could not be done there for the old Tiff 🙁 , But I still hold out hope 😉 , Maybe Richard Branson will come to the rescue :p , Cheers, Tally Ho! Phil 😎

Surprising nobody had liberated that spade grip 😀