Hi Flightpath, I’m not ex-vulcan aircrew but I do remember seeing some mention of the yellow faced Seiko wristwatch over on PPRuNe. This thread is it: http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/370093-seiko-gen-2-a-2.html#post4872545. It isn’t going to move your query forward but it might be worth you posting your question there. Another suggestion is the ‘Did you fly the Vulcan?’ thread. Good luck.
Regards, Aerial

Hmmm. I wonder why someone would go to the bother of drawing a square on an instrument panel with a scriber. Perhaps, maybe, it is a temporary bodge? Could it be that the switch was occupying a previously drilled hole and it’s threaded portion is a smaller diameter such that the securing nut would pull itself back through the hole on tightening?

Any good bodger would drill the right sized hole in a bit of sheet metal and cut a square around it. Perhaps then what you see in the photo are the bright edges of what is effectively a square washer?

Regards, Aerial

Nick, Merlin Pete would be your man for this. Perhaps he’ll be along shortly.
Regards, Aerial

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Due to a “senior moment” by Aerial, I have become separated from the address to which the coupons need to be sent to and I can’t find it on the Web, including the Mail’s site. Let me tell you that I feel such a twit.

Can anyone help me out please, before their newspapers go for re-cycling? Thank you in advance, if you can.

Hmm. The paperwork!

To quote WJ244: ……”sold with a file containing photos and written details of what was repaired and replaced during restoration. If the file is maintained future purchasers know exactly what they are getting for their money.”

My point in post #45 is that such a file surely is an airworthiness requirement and as such, ought to contain precise details of the restoration (or long overdue repairs)!

Aerial

Yes! You would be best advised to be there from 1200 (from a trustworthy source).

There have been many large aircraft into Cosford but this would certainly be the biggest to leave under its own steam!

Aerial

Feedback on your video

Hi there!

I have just watched that video you posted the link to and I must say that you have a lot of things right! As it says, No distracting narration. No cheesy music.

So many others that I have watched are spoiled by those things, so much so, that I immediately stop it and find something else to do. I’ll mute the sound if the video is originally a “silent movie” to watch, but that’s it.

Another pet dislike is the low rumble on the soundtrack, caused by wind noise and distorted sound.

I detect a little wind noise but it is minimal, taking into account the wind speed that day as shown by the windsock. I must congratulate you on a really good piece of work and thank you for posting it. I will watch your others in due course.

Aerial

Stuart,
you say “The canopy changes shape as it slides, pulling in tighter rearward,and expanding forward”.
Could I ask: is that why fitters had such a time getting canopies to slide well, to the approval of the pilots – in case they had to get out easily?
Aerial