I’m sure I read a book (Fly For Your Life?) in which a pre-war visit of Luftwaffe oficers to an RAF fighter base took place. The pilots and groundcrew were told not to show them the then new secret reflector gunsights and avoid any conversation about them. On the day of the visit they were stunned when a senior officer invited them to sit in a cockpit and described the thing in detail…

To look at your PMs, click on ‘My Account’ and along the top you’ll find the Private Messages button. That’s your account, obviously, not mine ;-))

This organisation might have something, or could point you in the right direction?

HawkerAssociation.org.uk

Appears to be a Wright Model A, haven’t found any other images of one with a number 8 on the rudder but seven were built by the brothers, and more were built under licence, including up to 60 in Germany

Wright Model A – Wikipedia

Same here. Though I can deselect it, it is very irritating as you say.   (Adblock user)

WIX appears to be sorted now, I’ve been able to access the forum for 3 days now without any problems. Perhaps the wind changed direction or something…

I posted on WIX a while ago about the problem, but have only had responses from people with workarounds (VPN or changing the DNS) and no explanation as yet from the boss. My U.S. VPN is still working but it’s a pain to have to keep using it.

BRISTOL 156 BEAUFIGHTER – Flight Manuals (flight-manuals-online.com)

I suspect these on-line manuals are not what you want, but may be of interest to other Beau fans?

Good luck with the restoration, after the Tempest it’s the warbird I would most love to see in the air.