Just recently the Valiant POD XD875 (last Valiant built) arrived up here in the north of Scotland.
She is very good nick, particularly inside, but this weekend I started to have a look at the layout and found many Black Boxes just put in holes as it were.
Does anyone know where I can obtain an accurate drawing of the Layout of the AEO,s position of a Valiant B(K) 1.
I want to get the backend correct so that any visitors will see a true representation.
I,ve not had much luck on the WWW but maybe hopeful that the RAFM have something.
Visit the Highland Aircraft Preservation Society at Inverness airport, we are new but keen Open most weekends
Regards. BT
By: GATEGUARD - 7th January 2004 at 09:18
682al
Anything you are prepared to let us have will be of help to the project, because at the moment we have nothing.
I,ve also stared a new thread for the Valiant on PPRUNE, so I shall see what happens there.
If you send me a PM I will let you have my personal details
Thanks for your time
GG
By: DarrenBe - 6th January 2004 at 20:10
Gateguard,
I’ve checked the manuals and it looks as though I’ve only got the ones that cover the parts for the airframe. There is a section on the forward cabin, but it only deals with the nuts, bolts, blanking plates, labels, mounting equipment, etc. There is no information on the actual avionics that were installed.
If this is of any help, get in touch.
Darren
By: 682al - 6th January 2004 at 18:14
Hi GG,
I’ve got an original copy of the Provisional Pilots notes for the Valiant B Mk. 1 and P.R. Mk. 1 which shows the AEO’s station etc.
I’m unsure how much commonality there is with the K version but if you think it would help, I’ll happily scan them for you.
Regards!
682al
p.s. As an afterthought, the PPRuNe Military Aircrew forum has a super thread on Vulcan operations at the mo’ and I wouldn’t mind betting that an appeal for help either on there or on the Nostalgia forum may prompt a former Valiant crew member to dig out his notes?
By: DarrenBe - 6th January 2004 at 13:55
Gateguard,
I’ve got a set of parts manuals for a Valiant B1. I’ll see what I can dig out for you tonight when I get home.
I’m not that far from Inverness, well its takes just over two hours to get up there from here (Peterhead).
I collect manuals for a hobby, primarily maintenance ones, and they appear to be as rare as hen’s teeth where the Valiant is concerned. The other Valiant manuals I’ve got in my collection, is a structual repair manual and a set of training notes for electricians.
Darren
By: Archer - 6th January 2004 at 13:01
Valiant details
Try contacting the Brooklands Museum (http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com) and have a chat with the Curator of Aviation there. They have a similar forward fuselage but they might also have manuals .
By: GATEGUARD - 6th January 2004 at 10:16
Ant
Thanks for the link, but I,ve been to that site already, it doesn,t really give me what I want though, I need an accurate diagram of the layout, something that might been found in a manual.
ta
By: Ant.H - 5th January 2004 at 19:36
Try here:
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/valiant/cockpit.html
Hope these are of some help. 🙂
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