http://www.beechrestorations.com
16 years and still counting

pm me if interested in a visit

come to the Sywell talk this evening and texantomcat can elaborate

and yes it is

http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1941.htm

when i was in burma – i dug up some spitfires………they were still in crates

i buried them again but cannot remember where

only a matter of time wasn’t it…………

Hi

that info is very useful – really appreciate it

will have a bit of a fiddle to get those plates off and the pesky springs out then i can replace the thing.

thanks again

philip

Hi

it is the cloth cover which is riveted around the drogue apeture and covers the chute itself. ours fell apart.

there were no numbers visible on the remains.

one other thing – how does the face screen handle come out/off – i cannot move it

philip