Whitwick Aerojumble, Sunday November 7th

UMMMMM?! NOOO! 😉

I see, you hardly could resist, I´ll give you one week. 😀

O.K. I give you five pounds for the Spit spade grip. 😀
Nowadays the prices look more like this example:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5911586422 😮

UMMMMM?! NOOO! 😉

RAF WWII Bomber undercarriage indicator instrument. Winning bid: £362.00 Item location: St. Annes, Lancs

Strewth, not the same bloke who recently sold a derelict Vulcan for £15k by any chance?

(Herbert, get a road atlas out)

And can’t we just say “sorry” to the Tripolians and organise another Yeovilton bash?

O.K. I give you five pounds for the Spit spade grip. 😀
Nowadays the prices look more like this example:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5911586422 😮

Hi Herbert,

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I’d recommend a visit to Shoreham anyway. As TD says above, it’s the best U.K. aerojumble, but I still miss Yeovilton!

682AL old chap, I miss Yeovilton too….ISTR the US bombing Tripoli put paid to it…….I bought spade grips as low as £10…..Lancaster side window and rail £10, Hurricane seat £15, Spit U/C selector £5, Hawker Fury grip £35….must I or need I go on!

My first spade grip cost me £4.50 including P&P, it was a late Spit spadey!! My first control column part was half a Lancaster yoke for £1.60 which included P&P!!! (Back in 1985)

5 pounds for a Lanc throttle box! 😮 Look what they had to pay for the one recently sold on e-bay. I looked at it the other week and it was really nice though. Makes you wonder what they would charge for a Halifax throttle box :rolleyes:

Al, any chance of those digital pics of your hally throttle stash?

Cees

Hi Skypilot62,

If it’s the one I think you are referring to, I have a feeling the buyer may end up disappointed. Aircraft instruments, yes, WW2 RAF, not necessarily.

Still worth having but a search on ABE books or similar would probably have found him one at a fraction of what he paid – £103.98!!!

Then again, for £15 he could have bought a copy of my…..;)

p.s. On that very subject, would you mind passing my thanks on to your pal? In the rush to post the books I forgot to enclose a note of appreciation. 🙁

My dad had a T & S gauge mounted on the front of his motorbike in the 60’s – so there’s one accounted for 🙂

682al – did you see the instrument manual on ebay a couple of days ago? Not sure if it was an AP1275 or not but it got bid on heavily so I left well clear. 🙁

Hi Herbert,

I’ve noticed how much more common the german instruments are these days. Surely the opening up of eastern Europe plays a big part in this?

When I look back on all the hundreds of wartime British gauges and other parts that I have seen change hands at aerojumbles over the last twenty odd years, I wonder where they all are now. Some may have been bought as souvenirs and disposed of once the novelty had worn off, but the majority must surely still be on shelves, and in garages and lofts, etc. When some of these collections are finally sold, there will be many treasures among them. I hope I’m there at the right moment!

I’d recommend a visit to Shoreham anyway. As TD says above, it’s the best U.K. aerojumble, but I still miss Yeovilton!

Aerodjumbles

It´s strange, that when you visit the aerodjumble of Speyer (near Frankfurt) you could put together your Bf 109 instrument panel in one day (you only have to come one day earlier for the rarer items).
I wonder why especially the british warbird items are getting that rare. I´d like to come to Shoreham but I heard about very few wartime parts, so that eBay might be the better place. It´s a pity. 🙁
Cheers,
Herbert

Let’s not forget, though, that the majority of gauges sold at aerojumbles (and on eBay, etc) are the later, fluorescent type. These do not contain any radiological hazards.

The luminous gauges were phased out of service, not because of health concerns, but because the luminous compound deteriorated rather quickly and gave poor results, often within months of installation.

Even these later gauges are getting hard to find these days. But it’s much more than just the gauges, items which were relatively common a few years ago have become scarce – switches and minor components, etc.

It’s probably because most of the “accessable” bulk stockists have long since been cleared out and those that remain tend to charge an arm and a leg for everything.

Oh how I long for the good ol’ days of the Yeovilton Aerojumble. Anyone else remember them, I think they were the first such events? A Lancaster throttle box for £15 and another, 70% complete, for a fiver!

Why no intruments for sale at Aerojumbles?

Ever been to an aerojumble? One thing that are always for sale in abundance are instruments!

Why no intruments for sale at Aerojumbles? Easy, radiation scares. The materials used on old instruments can be radio active and thereby cause a health risk (according to the authoritities). If you sell an instument, the buyer is taken ill, you will be in trouble. Hence the risk of trading in these items.

Museums are well aware of these problems and if sensible, will have had displays and static aircraft checked for radiation levels. The BAPC has been warning of the conseqences of failing to take these precautions for years.

Aerojumbles.

Good to see that Whitwick was more sucessful than previously. My favourite aerojumble is obviously Shoreham with Popham being a close second. I was impressed at the aerojumble at Newark this year. I seem to recollect that it was much better than on previous occasions, so lets hope that it continues to grow. I’ve also been to Rochester aerojumle on a few occasions but this has proved disappointing, but to be honest this location event is still in it’s infancy but combined with the Rochester airport open day held on the same day it makes it worth attending. As mentioned by a previous author 682al I have seen a marked decline over the past couple of years in the number of stalls attending Shoreham and Popham, obviously instruments are a limited resource and it appears that some stocks are drying up (this includes some postwar items as well as WWII parts), I can only presume that the aircraft passing through the scarpyards now are early generation glass cockpits. Mark G is also right in saying that aerojumbles is not just about sourcing the items you need but also about meeting and interacting with others who share the same ineterest. Love it or loath it I think e-bay is a good boost for acquiring aviation memorbilla. Okay the prices tend to me a tad inflated due to the supply and demand but where else can you buy anything from a cockpit switch to a whole vulcan bomber without even stepping out of the door (very handy for thse who are not fortunate to be able to attend aerojumbles). It’s also a good way for those of us to sell our spares and surplus stock in order to finance new projects. Any comments????

To be fair chaps, David has never particularly referred to it as an aerojumble in the sense you mean – it always was more a collectors fair aimed at a broad cross-section of collectors. Bear in mind that David has always dealt in flying gear, not aircraft parts. To be objective, when I’ve gone in the past I’ve sometimes felt that there were too many aircraft parts sellers (although I still rue the day that I didn’t buy the Mosquito tail unit which was around £50 IIRC)- so I guess it depends on what you’re expecting. 🙂

Whilst on the topic, what event do you chaps rate as the top “aerojumble”?

Easy….Shoreham Aeromart….still

To be fair chaps, David has never particularly referred to it as an aerojumble in the sense you mean – it always was more a collectors fair aimed at a broad cross-section of collectors. Bear in mind that David has always dealt in flying gear, not aircraft parts. To be objective, when I’ve gone in the past I’ve sometimes felt that there were too many aircraft parts sellers (although I still rue the day that I didn’t buy the Mosquito tail unit which was around £50 IIRC)- so I guess it depends on what you’re expecting. 🙂

Whilst on the topic, what event do you chaps rate as the top “aerojumble”?

I actually had quite an enjoyable day at Whitwick, despite really struggling to find something to spend my money on! Attendance seems to have picked up a bit – the previous event was a bit flat following the move from Saturday to Sunday.

At a guess I would think that only about half of the stalls there were actually selling aeroplane parts, plus a couple of flying kit type stalls, the rest being general militaria, books and models. I have grumbled about the lack of ‘proper’ aerojumble stalls at such events in the past but I’m pretty much resigned myself to the fact that, as 683al says, there isn’t the stuff about anymore.

These events are as much about meeting and chatting with like-minded people and friends as they are about ‘aerojumbling’ these days.

I thought it went well. Attendance seemed up on last November’s event and there was definite interest in the stuff on offer.

A seasoned jumbler might have complained that there were too few stalls with much in the way of aircraft parts. (MarkG may well agree with this?) But really, the main problem seems to be that there isn’t much around to offer, any more. Especially not the wartime stuff, which used to be fairly abundant.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, bought a few bits and pieces, and chatted to a lot of nice folks. I’ll miss the jumbles this winter and will probably end up bidding on loads of junk on eBay, just to keep myself amused.

Err, except Vulcan bombers, of course!

Aerojumble

Didn’t manage to get there this Sunday but would be interested to find out what it was like? In particular was there many stalls selling aerojumble? (ie aircraft bits and pieces). Anything interesting on offer?

See you there! 😀