I recall a thread last year much like this one. There was mention of a factory that was reputed to have it’s foundations laid on crated, new Merlins, somewhere near Brum, or Coventry. Anyone else got any info? There was, IIRC a ‘plan’ to excavate this haul through official channels, due to their percieved value and quantity involved.

Always worth following-up rumours, you just never know. If there was a site like this containing tooling and parts, I’d think it more likely at a dispersed site such as the underground engine factory operated by Bristol at Corsham in Wiltshire. There is nothing there now though.

Mixtec, if it’s on The Register then you can rely on the info.

Could well be a combination of the two Deano.

The Isaacs Spit (as far as I can remember) has no electrics – swing that prop, baby!!

Quite right Daz, BBJI has no starter motor, I swung that prop a few times.

Radio was a very small handheld unit.

Must have been a blow-up one, I saw it bounce!

Mixtec, I guess I could have been a bit clearer in what I said. Informative link, thanks for that.

Yep, go Melv, as an ex-parachutist I love to hear it!

Jeanske, 256mb memory on a graphics card is really a bit of overkill, atleast until PCIe interface is readily available.

^^^Mixtec, 😉

PCI is much slower than even AGP (which is the current, primary graphics card interface on the Motherboard). PCIe on the other hand is like comparing a old Skoda to a Lamborghini Diablo.