Can anyone identify or offer any background about this fuselage frame on a vintage trailer which was brought on site at Old Warden yesterday and was located in the car park?

Tim

The dreaded high viz clothing takes trumps again! Now we’re going to use a use wires to hang up a heavy object and in the process stand there and wear a high viz so I can find you if anything goes pear shaped and you get squashed …don’t bother about a hard hat, no idea when they’re appropriate! Seems a bit contradictory on the face of it …but no doubt a risk assessment was completed and it was done to the book but it did make me smile. 🙂

Well done to the SPT on a major achievement – WR963 was successfully taxied at Coventry late this afternoon for the first time in over six years. Attached is one of my photos of this milestone event.

Tim

I thought the accident in which OHB died at Mainz reputedly involved the loss of the canopy which was believed to have struck him and that the passenger reportedly then had tried to bale out but his chute didn’t deploy?

Tim

Martin

Might field 8 on that form say Series 3 ?

For an aircraft that went to the M.E. you may find no unit details on the AM.78. The RAFM explain this as follows:

“Aircraft Movement Cards
Air Ministry Form 78 was used to record the allocation of an aircraft to units, and the dates on which damage was sustained and repaired. The surviving cards date from about 1930, and are held by the Ministry of Defence Air Historical Branch, but the RAF Museum holds copies on microfilm.

Whilst most of the cards are quite informative, those for aircraft sent to the Middle and Far East theatres during the Second World War are not: the majority of these simply record the aircraft’s arrival at its destination and make no mention of its subsequent fate. It is thought that similar records were kept by overseas commands, but these appear not to have survived.

The movement cards usually do not include aircraft operated by the Royal Navy.”

Tim

Blimey! I’m quite surprised by that, because I’d have thought that the BBMF would have had a plentiful stock of the things.

Fingers crossed they get it sorted ASAP and as few people as possible miss out.

Adrian

Even if the BBMF were able to help, the use of any BBMF engine would presumably need senior approval. The EK 3 Lancs event is only 4 days away so if that organisation can help it seems more viable in the timescale plus they have a vested interest in a speedy fix. I wish them all the best – what a wonderful effort all have contributed so far with the tour, it has generated so much pleasure and emotion.

Tim

Yes, see: http://owlshead.org/collections/detail/1930-pitcairn-pa-7s