Typically I am out of the country with work and the magazine arrives at home….always the way 🙂 I have seen a picture of a Sabre hung on a wall in a ‘German Museum’ with the engine mounth…is this the engine you refer to in the Technical Museum Good Vibs? If it is that is the first time I have had the museum name confirmed….just to be a real annorak I belive it was Tempest 🙂 Would be grateful for any more details on the museum or particularly the current status of the engine? anyone been there and have pictures?
Cheers
Dave

That would be some feat carrying all drawings on linen, having dealt with a few over the years 11,500 would weigh a little. I had forgotten that the HP drawings were A0 but even so 4 tonnes of them would be a large number, I am not sure if they were ever catalogued by the IWM but would like to see a list of what they contain.

A number of companies are known to have microfilmed some or all of their surviving drawings back in the 50’s & 60’s, these included Hawker/Sopwith, Dehavilland, Airspeed, Handley Page, Avro, & Bristol. Whether all these microfilm/microfiche cards still exist is another matter.
I have never heard of Blackburn’s, General Aircraft, glosters, English Electric, or Armstrong Whitworth’s doing this, but we can all live in hope that they did.

Bob T.

All HP drawings are now with the RAF Museum (as of earlier this year)

bCees,
We were there a 3 years ago and I would definitely recommend taking a trip out to Ta ‘Qali for the museum there….a lovely place the sun always makes it feel so much better 🙂 as everyone else has stated a day at valletta is a must, you could probably spend alot longer there. It certainly gets you thinking when you see the scars on the buildings, the harbour is something else aswell.

We never thought of going to Malta before, it was a last minute decision based on a recommendation from the travel agent and I would definitely recommend it!!!

Didn’t get to go to this one unfortunately and with my interest in Typhoons it was a shame I missed out on an opportunity with the canopy. Does anyone know if it sold? anyone know who the seller was? You never know it may be someone who posts on the forum…

Interesting picture of the centaurus, I have seen that one before but can’t remember any of the details from the time. Where is/was that centaurus? Tempest perhaps?