Glad

Damm fine machine with any prop !!!!

SL574 ‘STUMPS’

CRAN; This thread was one of the best in 2010-11,and lots of information and images came to light because of it.
One of the more contentious issues revolved around the ‘stump marks’ on the leading edge of the stb wing.
This caused a huge ‘secondary’ discussion at the time (we had sorted the actual location by then and even seen a diagram of the fuel system).
Perhaps you can shed some light on the ‘Stump marks issue’,and anything else that may be of interest with regard to the BoB fleet being operated at the time.
There was even a request as to who may have been flying the Hurricane at the time.Its only just over 50 years ago so get those memory cells on-line please.

Its only the title heading thats wrong !!!!
The A team were busy in France well before the BoB.
The Hurricane,a fighter that fought on all fronts.

Buried Bits !!!

I know,it’s a real pain down here.
When i worked down a tin mine (fact) we were always having to clear away old Merlin and Hercules engines that festooned the place.
The crated ones caused the most problem as they frequentlly jammed in shafts and blocked ventilation routes.
If that was’nt bad enough the departing Yanks did the same with jeeps and other equipment that was not going back.
No one had any thought for the poor miners who were going to have to clear this away eventually.
I had better not go on about what happened to the ‘Mawgan’ Griffons the Culrose ‘Centaurus’,and the Sea Griffons from the Marine Craft unit at Falmouth,they were not at all suitable for Go-Karts or speedboats.
Having said that two Pobjoys ‘popped up’ on E-Bay this week,the pair went for £2.5k.

Perrannporth Swallow

I seem to recall that one ‘Noel Ellis’ was one of the reasons that Perranporth ‘won’ the Sallow.
He was still to be seen at the airfield on the odd wednesdays when some of the former GC members meet for lunch.
That was when ‘lunch’ was available in the Control Tower !!!
Do you have a contact for him Phil he would be pleased to see you. PC

Tiger at St Athan

Wow where did that Messerschmitt Tiger go; its a real collectors piece !!!!

Jets ‘Who was right’

They were both correct in their own way.
Whittle had the foresight to get the Jet Engine into aviation,but our industry did not really have the same enthusiasm to give him an airframe for an operational purpose.
The Meteor’s ‘hour’ was being able to catch the V1’s,but it was not really a combat or ground attack machine like the Tempest that was needed after the invaision.
The German scientist’s working on the real ‘development’ of swept wings and podded axials probably knew their war was lost,but just wanted to do their scientist thing anyway.
The Jet engine was not goiing to shorten the allies war,but the fact that the Germans actually got two operational jet aircraft ‘operational’ despite their desperate situation should have made it a priority to have grabbed a greater share of their boffins.
We never really caught up after this and is why it was down to the F86 to take on the Migs over Korea.
We them ‘threw away’ any advantage gained by the FD2, no doubt due to the industry big players being unable to ‘see ahead’ at the time.
The Camberra really replaced the Mosquito, but could not have lived in the same airspace as Migs and Sabres although a ‘swept & podded’ variant would have been interesting.

Judicial review (Penzance Heliport)

The final objection to this saga has been removed ,therefore it appears NO judicial review will be required as to the planning process that took place.
Penzance was more than just a ‘helipad’ as with its 1200 ft strip and at times several 61’s parked outside it looked more like a mini airport.
The local MP and Councillors are now doing their ‘stable door’ bit with regard to this loss, but the significance of the situation (and the consequence) has only now dawned upon them.
No way did Penzance need another supermarket,but seeing 50 years of service going into skips (and dumped) brings home what it would cost to replace.