Interesting- I started with M&S and didn’t look too closely in Gifts. M&S lists both 3332 and 3322 as Hendon Griffin!

When in the day I wore my hat as Webmaster for the Spitfire Society I fended a question to Ray Hanna about carburetor icing in Merlin engines (I was a low hours PPL who had been asked the question as to whether Merlins suffered from this problem). None of the WW2 pilots I talked to had any idea about it- the engine ran so why worry?. A couple of weeks passed and I forgot about the question. One afternoon I finished early and arrived home as the phone rang. It was Ray Hanna who had clearly asked around his engineers and he then talked Merlins and Spitfires at me (someone about whom he knew nothing) for around an hour. He offered me an hour of his time- I will never forget.

If you can’t find the translation I can send you a copy! I also have a German language report bearing the title Luftfahrt International and 1944. It doesn’t look period and my German isn’t good enough to read it.

A previous thread

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?120803-Unknown-wheels-tyres

suggests that AH 8041/1 is a Mk II Hotspur.

Speaking as an aviation enthusiast (and a newly retired person looking for a way to go forward), could any of you engine experts give me some idea (feel free to PM me to avoid cluttering up the thread) as to the work and costs associated with an engine project?

Will all stop being precious and offer a link so we can all look at the evilbay post?

C-GVRA Finals to land Durham Tees Valley. Or maybe not.