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November 16, 2004 at 10:11 pm in reply to: Merlin-engined motor cars #1424935

Charlielima5
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Nice pic Archer! Note: this car was in fact designed by Reid Railton and built at Brooklands by Thomson & Taylor Ltd.

Since first posting this thread, I’ve found quite a bit more about Jameson and the related aero engine and engineering companies. I have also established that the late Paul Jameson built one Meteor-powered car and one and a half Merlin-powered cars. The half-finished car was being built c1990 with some help from Autokraft/A C Cars at Brooklands, but sadly Paul died before completing it. He did get it running however, but I have no idea what then became of it….

Finally, I have heard that Paul was well known in 1970s/80s warbird circles and that several Spitfires made a flypast at his funeral which I believe was in the Dorking area c1990. Can anyone confirm this and which Spitfires were involved?

November 4, 2004 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Duxford Magister #1437746

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I agree this looks a lovely restoration job – and it is a rather important example of the type – actually an M.14A Hawk Trainer III and is the oldest surviving Hawk Trainer/Magister in the UK (c/n 539, built in 1937). It ended up with the Skyfame Collection and then moved to the IWM Duxford. Does anyone happen to know when it last flew?

November 4, 2004 at 8:45 pm in reply to: Wellington hinge #1437752

Charlielima5
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What makes you think its from a Wellington, Mauro? Are any part numbers evident? If you give a little more info, I may be able to help.

October 22, 2004 at 7:25 pm in reply to: It had been a hard day… #1369840

Charlielima5
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I believe there was also a display of RAF vehicles and ground equipment at this same event – did anyone get photos of these too?

October 21, 2004 at 11:35 pm in reply to: Wellington Files? #1371875

Charlielima5
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Did not Dave Smith – or someone from Merseyside Aviation Soc – publish a Wellington Crash Log in the 1980s?

October 21, 2004 at 11:27 pm in reply to: Merlin-engined motor cars #1371887

Charlielima5
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Thanks for all these replies folks – especially the pics. Still hoping to see a photo of the car I saw at Brooklands in the 1990s though – and hope it might still be around (its not the one that was at Chailey this year).

Does anyone know more about the late Paul Jameson and his father (who designed/built a flat-four Jameson engine flown briefly in the Miles M.18 in WW2 and later in the prototype Saro Skeeter on its first flight). He clearly was a Merlin engineering specialist, lived near Dorking and is rumoured to have been involved with Merlins required for the BoB film…..or am I misinformed?

October 21, 2004 at 11:19 pm in reply to: It had been a hard day… #1371892

Charlielima5
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Isn’t this Royal Land Rover now preserved and displayed at Cosford (or Gaydon)?

October 21, 2004 at 11:08 pm in reply to: Airfield quiz #2 #1371913

Charlielima5
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Martin,

Might I ask where you acquired these fascinating pictures from? I can’t speak for anyone else but I’d certainly like to see some more…..

CL5

October 21, 2004 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Airfield quiz #1 #1371918

Charlielima5
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Nice photo too! Anyone got a more recent view to compare with some 60 years ago?

October 20, 2004 at 10:31 pm in reply to: Merlin-engined motor cars #1375015

Charlielima5
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Thanks for this report, Dave – do you recall if it had wooden bodywork? Wish I’d seen that TV programme you mention!

October 20, 2004 at 8:32 pm in reply to: Comet rolls out at Shuttelworth #1375267

Charlielima5
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Anyone know 1) when the 1980s restoration was finished and 2) when she last flew?

October 9, 2004 at 9:10 pm in reply to: Help, please on a pioneer replica #1401781

Charlielima5
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Hi PapaLima,

This looks to me to be very similar to the replica 1911 Curtiss ‘D’ Pusher built by Mike Beach of Twickenham in the 1980s and displayed at Brooklands Museum for many years. This is now owned by Kermit Weeks and is presumably displayed at his Fantasy of Flight Museum in Florida. Not sure how many different versions of the Model D there were though…..

October 3, 2004 at 9:39 pm in reply to: Wartime Fordson tractor help #1412761

Charlielima5
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Thanks Colin for that extra info about the Aveling roller – I may have to consider going along to next year’s event and must visit both museums sometime anyway.

October 2, 2004 at 10:43 pm in reply to: Wartime Fordson tractor help #1414619

Charlielima5
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That Aveling road (runway) roller is superb and very rare if not unique – do you know who owns it and where it is normally kept? Which is the museum you refer to?

October 2, 2004 at 10:30 pm in reply to: Bolt info needed #1414637

Charlielima5
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I suggest you talk directly with other owners of airworthy Geminies via The Miles Aircraft Collection (of which I believe you are a member) – eg Adrian Brook and Jim Buckingham in the UK. The only manufacturer’s literature available are the Repair & Service manual and the Pilot’s Notes (which does have some useful illustrations inside though I doubt if it goes as far as nuts and bolts). I have never seen a Miles parts manual in over 20 years of being interested in Miles a/c nor have I seen or heard of any surviving Gemini drawings (unless any Gemini owners acquired any with their aeroplane).

Today only a small number drawings exist for a few pre-war Miles designs. Unfortunately, I was reliably informed 20 years ago that the rest were apparantly all destroyed at Woodley sometime around 1970 – the successful engineering company that Miles Aircraft Ltd became postwar needed the storage space the drawings occupied so they were fed into the factory’s heating boilers! I guess nobody thought they were important to anyone else at that time, especially as so few Miles a/c were flying by then……
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