Pity Dave,
Would have been a fitting place to display one.
Any more Sabres to add to the list chaps? Seems there are more of these engines than we all thought of at first.
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Cees
Preceding the B-17 gunships of WWII perhaps.
So the idea is not new.
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Cees
Thanks for the pics,
Looks to be going on very well, hope the worldwide recession won’t slow down or halt the work.
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Cees
Dave,
As the New-Zealanders flew many Tempests, perhaps they could
purchase one of the Indian Tempests and fit the Sabre to it.
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Cees
Hi Dave,
What kept you?:)
The one in the AVOG Museum (achterhoeksevliegtuigwrakopgraafgroep, try saying that three times in quick succession) was given to them by the recovery team of the RNethAF recovery team and only consist of the core of the engine with the top bottom and back pieces missing.
Interesting that there is one in Sweden, how did it get there?
Keep adding chaps
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Cees
Intresting shot about that French Sabre, in France also there must be a lot of recovered Sabres about.
Any, have you come across any during your French trips?
(by the way, I got the call last night as you mentioned to me, very interesting).
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Cees
Hi Smirky,
Thanks, the items in the second and third pic I also have but
the scheme is very useful thanks. In the beam approach set up
in the Halifax there are two large boxes mounted on top each other.
It’s about these that I need meer info about.
Thanks Deryck, no rush we talk about this later when you get back.
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Cees
Yes, why not.
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Cees
There seem to be two colours used green and black, what used to be the factory colour?
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Cees
Pity that there are a lot of museum who have duplicated engines in storage so nobody can see or use them for a project. But having a Sabre or more than one could be like sitting on Gold.
Cees
Dave,
Beats me:D
All I know it that he told that the story was exaggerated and that there was no secondary structure inside the tail when seen from the port radio hatch.
As you say it’s a magnificent achievement.
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Cees
Thanks,
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Cees
Who?
Yes, and they are located in the various stations in the fuselage for the crew to be able to breathe while on their way from the nose to the tail and vice versa in flight. It’s a standard fitting as they were also found in Halifaxes and Wellingtons that I know of for sure.
These fittings were later replaced by a sort of spring loaded device.
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Cees
Peter,
Yes, photographs but there are no details or reference numbers. I have one small block of connectors (rectangular with blue color and thin red stripe indicating beam-approach I think). Over the years I have never seen anything resembling beam-approach equipment. Any experts out there?
Cees