Having missed the boat somewhat as to the result of attempts to sell of/dispose of the exhibits, how might one go about enquiring about the acquisition of the cockpit of the Canberra in order to see it saved?

Scott,

Delta Jets were pioneers (as I understand it) in the development of electric start conversions for the Hunter, so another avenue for you to try.

As Aerial touched upon ,the massive weight penalties of electric start were a big contributing factor in it never being implemented on the Canberra. Going back to your earlier question about carts though, we are simply using old stock carts – when they’re gone, they’re gone!

Contact for Delta as follows:

[email]office@deltajets.com[/email] – Chris Vaughan is your man.

Hi Scott

That would be us then!

I don’t know of anything specific held by the team, but that said I wasn’t involved 5 years ago so can certainly ask the question.

I do have a feeling somebody else on site has a collection of RR electric start feasability study paperwork which was written up for the RAF’s PR9 fleet shortly before retirement, which sounds very much like what you are referring to. I can make enquiries there too.

Will see what we can do..

Timbo

Woohoo that’s the first time I’ve ever guessed one of these cryptic ID queries right!…what’s the prize? 😎

How about an unsubscription to the VTTS appeal so as to leave some space on the doormat of the chosen friend for christmas cards?

Peter, the canopy in question in the ebay link has no evidence to suggest it is hinged …you may be seeing the picture posted later on of a hinged PR9 canopy 😉

I see a B(I).8 canopy on a regular basis (forum member here, maybe he can confirm) and it looks very similar to that.
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Who could that possibly be then? 😉

I certainly see the similarity, but from the photo (assuming as you say lenses aren’t playing tricks) the agle of the frint hoop seems too upright – the B(I)8 and PR9 canopies have quite a pronounced forward sweep making them very hard to stand on end!

Also, is that very accurate scratching in the last photo or MDC? My laptop screen isn’t great so I can’t quite tell..if it is MDC it rules out the B(I)8 and PR9 for sure