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some of us have been flagged for advertising in the past or at least
sailing very close to the line on the rules I think perhaps we need again to have some clarification from a mod as to what constitutes blatant selling or commercial advertising as laid down in the forum rules so we dont see any falling out over perhaps new forumites making a utter B****er of things and getting barred for not reading the lengthy rules or misunderstanding them ??

mike E

http://www.aircraftrestorationgroup.org
http://www.whirlwindfighterproject.org

I’m happy to sell direct to anyone here, or through my aerojumble, (I’ve just started) just email me for prices……..

Didn’t the Wright Bros patent essentially cover all means of controlling an A/C, which lead to the dispute with Curtis?

Isn’t the PPL rating for a twin A/C because direction can be controlled by the engines?

It may be reasonable to presume that with the bombing of the Woolston factory, that it was not just the prototype that was destroyed, but the drawings as well; certainly none seem to exist, and that would have put paid to the development.

Supermarine didn’t have the capacity to build the bomber in anycase,and probably never realised the longevity of the Spitfire, and that design work would still be going on to the wars end; it’s well known that Vickers (chief) designer Wallis didn’t get on too well with Mitchell (or vice versa) and that wouldn’t have helped with the adoption of the project by Vickers.

Wasn’t that an AM specification at the time to utilise existing hangars?

The bomber had retractable turrets, so unlikely that they would have been “off the shelf items” in any case anything Supermarine would have been their own complicated design; because they could!

Am I losing it, or are the wings clipped in the first photo and complete in the rest?

Impressive project – looks great!

No you aren’t losing it; they were originally clipped to help finish it off quickly, now the wing tips have been built, it wears them as was intended.

Apparently he’s building another one………..

Sounds good, now all we need is a site dedicated to historic A/C, and a way of keeping all those who know absolutely nothing about the subject… out.