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May 2, 2012 at 10:50 am in reply to: Open Cockpit B-17 #1048010

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I think you will find that only one aircraft, Gremlin Gus, was ever given this treatment.
I have never seen any other reference to any others having been modified in this way.
I am of course willing to be shown otherwise.

According to Roger Freeman in the ‘The Mighty Eighth’ B-17F Careful Virgin 41-24639 was modified with the open cockpit and was used on an Aphrodite attack on the 4th of August 1944, its pictured on page 173 but the registration is not visible.

Richard

April 28, 2012 at 6:15 pm in reply to: What is this Attitude Indicator from? #1051869

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I have an Attitude indicator. . . . . . . . . Its called the wife !
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Shows ups and downs

April 26, 2012 at 7:23 pm in reply to: Seen On Ebay Thread (August 2011) #1054308

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I see the Sea Prince is listed again as the last buyer failed to complete the purchase.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Percival-Sea-Prince-T1-/330722688119?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item4d009bbc77

It looks as if a serious buyer is showing interest though, judging by the question they have asked the seller ‘Hi please can you tell me are the engins rotary or inline, how many pistons to each, what make are the engines. was this craft also used with floats’

Richard

April 26, 2012 at 4:56 pm in reply to: Skylark Aircraft – HS748 #1054833

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The Bonanza suffered an partial undercarriage collapse in 2005 when selected by mistake for the flaps, I suspect the storage or parking fees have acrued since then.
Its a pity as the aircraft was built in 1951.

Richard

April 25, 2012 at 10:37 pm in reply to: Westland Wallace? #1055877

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I think the small information sheet next to the partially completed aircraft mentioned a planned re-enactment of the Everest flight that was no longer likely as the sponsor had pulled out putting the plan was on indefinate hold.
I wonder what type of engine they were planning on fitting to it?

Richard

April 25, 2012 at 12:42 pm in reply to: EARLY A.S.I ? #1056803

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This might be a complete red herring but A.R.L could refer to the Aeronautical Research Laboratory of Australia http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000309b.htm

The spherical pressure head refers to the design of the pitot head where the tip of it was a rounded shape based on sciantific work by Ludwig Prandtl.

This doesnt answer what the application would have been.

Richard

April 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm in reply to: Garden Centre find. #1067761

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That looks like it has straight sides, whereas the garden centre one has distinctly curved sides.

Simon

It looks as if a couple of different shape cones were used on B1 Vulcans, the one fitted to XA903 has the more curved sides. http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/1_group_presentation/903bs.htm

Interestingly a photo of this aircraft in the scrap compound at Farnborough show it with the cone missing, perhaps already doing service at the garden centre. http://www.thevictorassociation.org.uk/?p=432

Richard

April 18, 2012 at 10:56 pm in reply to: Garden Centre find. #1068274

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A B1 Vulcan tailcone!

Richard

April 13, 2012 at 7:30 pm in reply to: Unidentified Hastings, Deerbolt Camp #1073418

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Thanks Scotty and John for the suggestions, WJ341 is definately a possibility but TG559 definately not as the fuselage of that one became a para training aid at Abingdon and served in that role there for many years.
After discounting the aircraft that crashed overseas I have TG519 which undershot at Dishforth(not too far from Deerbolt) and wiped the u/c off in 1948, it became 6609m.
Another at Dishforth was TG583 but that was a fatal crash and fire so probably not.
And lastly WD478 which was involved in a fatal accident at Strubby in 1951, six days after entering RAF service, caused by trim problems but the damage would suggest it isnt the one pictured.

Richard

April 10, 2012 at 9:32 am in reply to: Pembroke for sale #1076932

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I can assure you that the aircraft has been purchased to keep it flying. the aircraft will be flown to its new destination very soon and join the other two aircraft the owner already has. As PK has been maintaining the aircraft for some time he has agreed to assist in keeping the aircraft airworthy. Yes Avgas is expensive but if you shop around it is cheaper to fly the aircraft to different places and pick up enough to carry out a few flights and as everyone knows there is the airshows to go to that will give fuel as part of the price. The intention is to carry on flying the aircraft to be displayed on the circuit.

Thats rally good to hear, the Pembroke being a particular piston powered favourite of mine from an era where many of the other RAF contemporary types only survive as static exhibits in museums, Anson, Twin Pin, Devon accepted. It must be a real challange to maintain a relatively complex and orphaned aircraft where the airframe, and engine builder no longer exists.

Richard

April 3, 2012 at 12:42 pm in reply to: AST Hamble Instructional Airframes #1084667

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Returning to the subject of the ‘two headed’ Tiger. inevitably it raises the question – why? Does anyone know?

The same thought occured to me. It could have been used for ground running being more stable than a fuselage on its own but not both engines at the same time surely and moving it about looks difficult as it would only want to roll in one direction. That only leaves engine maintenance/servicing instruction which could have taken place at both ends at the same time.

Richard

March 11, 2012 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Bassingbourn at war #1023265

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Great photographs,a/c + personal.I thought film was hard to obtain,yet the number he used on the snow scenes and the disant views of the P.51,s not a waste especially to us now but then incredable…

I have heard that film intended for PR aircraft camara’s was cut down, obviously in a darkroom, to the size needed for to fit in ‘personal’ camara’s.

Richard

March 11, 2012 at 2:03 pm in reply to: Bassingbourn at war #1032584

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Great photographs,a/c + personal.I thought film was hard to obtain,yet the number he used on the snow scenes and the disant views of the P.51,s not a waste especially to us now but then incredable…

I have heard that film intended for PR aircraft camara’s was cut down, obviously in a darkroom, to the size needed for to fit in ‘personal’ camara’s.

Richard

March 10, 2012 at 7:57 pm in reply to: Fake or real?? #1023891

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Lookes as if their is some sort of cover over the top of the #2 engine .

Richard

March 10, 2012 at 7:57 pm in reply to: Fake or real?? #1033241

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Lookes as if their is some sort of cover over the top of the #2 engine .

Richard
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