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May 13, 2010 at 11:07 pm in reply to: Kemble GVFW 09-05-2010 #456566

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what type is the french aircraft.. its a stonker of a plane 🙂 …..

May 13, 2010 at 10:54 pm in reply to: Coventry and Midland Aircraft Museum #1155633

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Ive sat in that Meteor cockpit section, she was gorgeous.. my ex mrs nearly had to prize me out … the museum is simply facinating, and any pics of the argosy, a kind gentleman let me go into the cockpit of that big bird too, a experience i will allways remember.. Argosy and metoer .. thats my fondest memory of coventry, Museum staff were some of the most dedicated ive ever met, long may you continue in your dedication to aviations finest.:)..
and thanks for making a day out ,such a enjoyable one 😀

May 13, 2010 at 3:39 pm in reply to: Halifax restorer passes away #1156419

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Sorry to hear this, the restoration of NA337 is a credit to him,Canada, and the crews who served on the Halifax in those dark days of WW2.

May 13, 2010 at 12:00 am in reply to: Airbase @ Coventry. #1157179

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wow.. 😀 what a wonderful set… and the planes too :D:diablo:

really nice to see pristine light aircraft like those at Airbase, i look forward to paying a visit one day,.. :).. thanks for sharing the photo’s

May 12, 2010 at 8:28 am in reply to: Corgi Models; The real thing in photos. #1157801

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I meant that it shows how old I am! No reflection on a wonderful aeroplane. 🙂

Old… Old .. But no .. I would say .. In your Prime Sir 😀

May 11, 2010 at 9:12 pm in reply to: Corgi Models; The real thing in photos. #1158202

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Viscount Whiskey Foxtrot. Oh dear, I flew in that!

wots mean Oh Dear ???.. LOL :diablo:.. she is a classic

then of course theres lots of photo’s of sean and Matt’s Canberra WH887 in fradu colours.. ( thats what inspired me to start corgi… I now have loads of different types in the loft ) ….

May 7, 2010 at 7:19 pm in reply to: Aircraft Control Wheels #1090927

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Would that be this one? 🙂

Jon

it is Jon 🙂 😀

May 7, 2010 at 12:09 am in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread #1091430

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MARTIN-404-SKYLINER-COCKPIT-SECTION-W-GALLEY-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem45db645059QQitemZ300033527897QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear

Nice cockpit.. shame its so far away .. and big .. but a classic in anyones eyes:D

May 6, 2010 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Aircraft Control Wheels #1091555

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Ju 88 ish.. looks german, never know :D:D

May 6, 2010 at 8:27 pm in reply to: Aircraft Control Wheels #1091680

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it would be good to see .. certainly find it interesting 🙂 .. ive only ever owned One stick, but give it away for free a few years ago towards a restoration of its original owner aircraft.. so it had to be done.. look forward to seeing what nice sticks are out there :):D

May 6, 2010 at 8:20 pm in reply to: Vampire XE995 Parts Search :) #1091682

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shame , its was broken up, would have made a good display all them bits together from XE995 .
I sat in the one at yeovilton museum, its a huge panel ..i never really took much interest in the T11.. but have allways been mad on the F1 F.3 and FB.5 due to so many of them coming down locally, 3 of them within 20 miles of me, all 501sqn in the 1950s all FB.5’s I think.

I guess Vampire parts are quite expensive though, panels etc, as they are quite desirable

thats really my interest in Aviation, aircraft that flew locally and the stories and the archaeology from the mid 1940s to the late 1960s

for many years as i grew up, these types were pretty unloved, as most were out hunting “Spitfires” and the likes, .. I wish i had invested in something from that period back then, as now the interest has really taken off ( excuse the pun ) :o:D

May 5, 2010 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Popham Auto/Aerojumble Monday May 3rd. #1092507

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Thanks runway.. good idea, 🙂

Pagen, yes that curve is very distinctive , but from what ??.. i better send some mails, see what comes back, someone somewhere might know, 😀

May 5, 2010 at 10:06 pm in reply to: Popham Auto/Aerojumble Monday May 3rd. #1092615

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I would put money on that first pic not being Twin Otter, probably badly captioned t’internet pic.
Your panel does seem to be an early Translite then, not sure when they first came about but very late ’50s and early ’60s seems to be when they first came into regular use on main panels.
Is there a Thorn sticker or caption on the back?
The id letters and numbers seem more confusing than ever now!

i agree with you, it looks totally wrong, but thats what it said … :confused:

May 5, 2010 at 10:01 pm in reply to: Popham Auto/Aerojumble Monday May 3rd. #1092618

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heres the panel sizes for that “Mystery Panel 🙂 “

Left to right at bottom, 470 mm

left to right widest part at across panel 490mm

L/H side ,top to bottom, 415mm

R/H side top to bottom to highest point 350mm

all large holes are 80mm x 9

all small holes are 55mm x 6

cotrol stick hole at bottom is 75mm x 130mm

iit looks like its a black painted panel, but looking closely, its as if at some time its had a “dark grey” wash over it , but this has mostly come off, scratched to high heaven, and bent in the middle..

May 4, 2010 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Popham Auto/Aerojumble Monday May 3rd. #1093371

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Have you restored many panels before merkle?

Answer to your question… NOPE !!.:o. but done some fabric, doping ,and aluminium airframe work, with bucker and provost, peitenpol types 😀

Re the Translite, well looking at your panel, i have to admit on the rear, it looks the same as yours above, wires all going from post to post, ,I am certain its a translite panel, and probably a early one, perhaps when it was in its infancy, the panel “might” have been a Trail run for use of translite, when did this idea come out , when was it first used ??

also just noticed the “many” configerations of the DHC Twin Otter.. most have the normal control coloumn, but i found a pic with a different system, and various slight changes in panel design, all the photos were labeled DHC twin otter

heres some pics, just to see how much a panel can change over the years :confused:

interesting photo, the Viscount used for testing the TAY engine…. extra holes for jet calculations whilst testing…. Nah…. i really am dreaming now ..back to the drawing board 🙁

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(Boulton-Paul)/Vickers-663-Viscount/1668828/&sid=ca2d8062ff0ee9583d7d12d2ff91c22b

so i suppose its possible this was from a viscount, i am forgetting the number of holes etc in the panel, now trying to decern it by its shape .. 😉
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