Luminous instrument faces are considered a hazard in aircraft in museums, what is the situation regarding those fitted to airworthy aircraft and held as spares. Can the overhaul agents handle them safely during the overhaul process.

Richard

Does anyone know the reg of the Comet in the Farnborough pics?

Will

I think it is G-ANLO the Comet 3 which first flew in July 1954, the first 4 didnt fly until 1958.

Richard

Aaaah the sound of air tools does it for me, combined with the smell of dope, rubber, oil and tea.
Whooops, nearly into a different forum territory then.

Richard

Its very annoying that a minority group, formed with very good intentions to preserve the attractions of the National Park are then seen as being the voice for the majority, the majority that is who have important things to think of like jobs, schools, houses, bills and other dull everyday things.
The members of these groups, the CPRE being one, are happy to live with all the trappings of modern life such as mobile phones, cars, electricity and yet oppose roads, electricity pylons, wind farms, power stations, mobile phone masts and airports. I wonder how many fly to go on holiday or business.
Perhaps we need to form a society for the common man just to support the everday things in life. Rant over.

Richard

Just to revive this thread, and deviate slightly, the term ‘undercarriage’ is a descriptive term for all that is beneath a horse drawn carriage, logical really.
In the trade this was shortened to the ‘carriage’ or ‘unders’ neither of which made it to aviation terminology but in the USA the ‘undercarriage’ was known as the ‘gear’.

Richard

Thanks Brad, I remember seeing G-BIXL at Duxford in 1987 at the time it first flew again after restoration. Someone who saw it a low level thought it went to Goodwood for maintenance by Boultbee.

And today a Grumman Albatross sailed majestically past as I was leaving the dentists in Alton, I was excited but not the receptionists, they were completely uninterested when I pointed it out to them. Was it N98TP I wonder, I know it was at Southampton in March this year but thought it had gone.

Some B-24’s had the SCR 717 ASV radar installed, the scanner being fitted in place of the ball turret. SCR 717 was a conversion of the SCR 720 air interception radar and the component units of that system were contained within several cylindrical canisters.

I seem to recall a Flypast mag cover picture of the two airborne together.