Here are a couple of videos from Saturdays Flying legends The originals look fine but YouTube must be using very heavy compression so they are a bit blocky.

Spitfire Mk 1a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLBpuFof17g

Blériot XI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOXOrax41v0

I will post some more after i come back from holiday.

Hi all , Nice video Mauld & great display by Jonathon.

Steve

The wings were still without skins when I saw them a week ago…

Tom

Hi Tom, Really!! I thought Ralph had nearly finished them !!!! John Hart must be pulling his hair out by now then.

Steve.

Oh well, here goes I hope to bolt the carry through wing spars to the firewall soon….hence I need some bolts, the 1/4 inch ones that hold the carry thru spars to the firewall/Frame 5 (not the wing bolts that attach the wing spar to firewall carry thru spars….does anyone know the size and a source? It is a static so someone with some originals would be even nice….fingers and everything crossed!!!

Hi Rocketeer, I measured those bolts as promised and as Chumpy said they are A25-41E’s. good luck !!

Steve.

While I’m sure Mackerel and others can offer a more detailed response, I suspect the main reason is that HFL’s early restorations were of generally complete Spitfires – the main structures were all present and intact. They could be, for example, placed in the fuselage jig, the skins removed, the underlying structure repaired, and the fuselage reskinned.
The newer restorations are starting off with much smaller portions of original structure – necessitating new frames, longerons, stringers etc. Airframe Assemblies have all of the jigs and forms to make these parts, so they are contracted to do the work. I would expect that the Burmese Mk.IX, which is an ex-display airframe, would be done largely in-house.

Hi Eddie cant argue with that!

Steve.

Sorry, that will teach me for not being specific!! I did not mean those (wing)bolts (and yes I did know about oversize etc, non-interchangeability and the fire wall plates)…..I meant the bolts that go through the spars, spacer castings and the firewall/fr5:)

Hi Rocketeer,I guess you mean the 1/4 dia bolts that hold the carry through spars to fr5 ? When i go to work tomorrow i’ll measure the length for you. If you want the real thing then they are A25,s but a cheaper option would be A102,s which are a unified thread. Companys like LAS aero spares could help you ! or alternativly as its a static try your local hardware shop !

Steve.

looks like paul day,john romain and carolyn grace are the pilots

I thought it was Anthony Hodgson, John Romain & Carolyn Grace .

Steve.

Hi, doe’s anyone have the dimensions of a spitfire Mk1 cockpit (High backed), my Dad is thinking about building me one for my flight simulator games.

Thanks

TT18

Hi canberra-tt18, the internal diamentions for a MK1 spitfire are the same as any other spitfire. What diamentions are you after?

Steve

Yes, that’s the tip of her nose, looking from the front along to the cockpit opening.

The intention is to rebuild K7 to running condition, and to run her- at low demonstration speeds only of course- at least once, but hopefully as a yearly event. When not wet, she’ll live in a new hall that’s to be built at The Ruskin Museum in Coniston, which already holds all sorts of Campbell memorabilia, including (for now) her original Gnat tail fin and the original engine that came out of her when she was recovered. It’s hoped that Rolls Royce will come on board to re-certify the replacement Orpheus for yay-many hours of ground running at low thrust, which will see K7 good for power for x amount of years.

And all this is being done with no help whatsoever from the Lottery people!

Hi Lancman, i read some where that airframe assemblies on the isle of wight were getting involved with the restoration of this project.

Steve