Amazing preservation. An “F” type Victor that lasted until the 70s. 🙂

I remember the Spitfire and Hurricane being side by side near the gate. Has anybody any idea when they were moved? I’m fairly confident they were still there in late 1973.

Not that change James. Wasn’t there a previous policy where numbers up to XX were Roman and higher numbers were Arabic. Mosquito B.XVI and B.35 for example.

I’ve never really thought about it. Certainly the letters were early on and could have been development/prototype engines.

Would the change from Roman to Arabic numerals have been at the same time, or point, that it happened with aircraft mark numbers too?

There’s an echo in here…

Congrats James, and a subject dear to our hearts too.

As James has already mentioned, some marks of the Mossie were pressurised too. With the PR.32 and 34 having service ceilings of over 40,000 feet I imagine they must have been reasonably experienced with valves and control runs.

What had pressurised aircraft had Vickers built? I can only think of the Viscount, which flew almost exactly a year before the Comet.

The Viscount’s cruising ceiling was only roughly half that of the Comet, presumably giving a much lower pressure differential.

I can’t see the capsule in the Windsor or high-altitude Wellington having much relevance to a fully pressurised fuselage.

Revell…
Pity their paints suck ass.

They always have. I first used a jar (in those days) forty-too-many years ago at the age of about 8 or 9.

I can’t remember now why I thought it was cr@p but I’ve avoided them ever since.

I agree, the engines were not coupled. Each Mamba drove one propellor and couldn’t drive the other. One unit yes, hence Double Mamba as opposed to two singles, but they were totally independent.