send a PM to ‘battle’ as he is in oz and could probably help you out.

Nice aircrew seat http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAF-USAF-WWII-Era-Aircraft-Pilots-Co-Pilot-Seat-/321289944751?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item4ace5f7eaf

So what is it from?

I suppose it all comes down to trying to establish the ‘actual’ risk versus the ‘theoretical’ risk and what level we as individuals and officials are willing to accept. For instance everybody knows that UV in sunlight can cause melanomas, some people take the risk seriously and apply various precautions, others view the risk as less and take no precautions, similar with smoking.
A few years ago I visited the Nevada Test Site and was able to go to the Sedan Crater, it would be easy to assume that standing in the crater of a nuclear explosion would be very bad for your health but there was a sign there that said something like ‘You would have to stand here for 4 years to receive the same amount of radiation as a normal X-ray’

Sedan Crater http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedan_Crater

Hi Wayne
Thanks for going to the effort of getting the gauges properly analysed and writing your findings here.
Regards Paul

Just looking at that last photo, the ends of the wings look very shiny, have they been cut there?

Thanks for the replies, I’ll have a look at what I can find.

Ken Shabby, I have 4 aircraft cockpits, one is stacked full of WW2 era gauges and 2 are Russian, I regularly let members of the public including children inside and I would rather be safe than sorry, especially with other peoples health.

Paul