We did an APU run to test the PFCU we’d just changed on an F3 during a Primary servivcing in a HAS (no ground cart available). What we failed to do was check the rest of the system… the entire contents of the jet’s hyd system emptied through a vertically-pointing pipe and soaked the HAS roof. Thing is, what goes up, generally has to come back down….. 5 wet riggers and a flooded HAS….. We needed more than a rag to prevent that elbow drain….
Here’s our beastie.. we just need to compare this to a complete example… I should also say that last week, this was a pile of unlabled bits… a 1000 piece 3D jigsaw puzzle with a fantastic description of what each big bit does, but not how they fit together. 3 students, 4 days. Fair effort I say….
1110-1 is the number and it looks exactly like a wessex fit – the notes it came with claim Wessex, and the painted marks on a couple of box covers claim wessex also.
Thanks so far, but I have seen those pictures and the only one of use was the Everett Aero one, BUT the bag get in the way. The Wiki one is the correct mark, but is not clear enough.
As an Air Cadet I marshalled all of those aircraft at the Cranfield Rally (Except the DC – but I DID park the Connie), and helped re-fuel the Great Lakes…. I have a similar set of photos somewhere……
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Same as the one on Wiki….. Clerget 9 if the filename is to be believed….
Apparently the one on Wiki is the example at the Museum of Lincolnshire – it was locally built, so there could be differences between that and the original design.
… well seduce my ancient footwear 😮
They look photoshopped… I was on XI(F) fairly soon after that and there was never any mentiuon of bright pink tanks.. That photo would have been on the teabar wall,,,,
Landing and taking off with skis on grass – possible to land as a last resort, but the friction would be far too high to take off. I imagine you would have difficulty taxying too.
As for the dates of ski/wheel u/c… assuming we can discount the skid/wheel fixed combo of early aircraft, and we’re looking at a wheel which is retractable through a ski, I think we’re looking at early 1950’s… Here’s one from 1953: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200012.html Apparently Dowty patented the design in the late 1940’s.
Hercules were fitted with them quite early on, and DHC twin Otters have them…. I’m not aware of anything earlier than that, BUT there are many people on here who know 1920’s-30’s aircraft better than I.
The question is, do you use them or do you have one of those annoyingly pristine workshops?….
The question is, do you use them or do you have one of those annoyingly pristine workshops?….
Here we are after a quick clean with a light roloc disk (only over the etchings)
8″ Steel chisel, marked ‘NER’ (North Eastern Railway) and ‘1665’ (probably its original locomotive number)
IF the number is correct, this was used initially on a D20 class locomotive http://www.lner.info/locos/D/d20.shtml
It was most likely acquired from the Manors Goods Yard (Newcastle-uopn-Tyne) in the early 1950’s, but would date from 1923 at the very latest…
Here we are after a quick clean with a light roloc disk (only over the etchings)
8″ Steel chisel, marked ‘NER’ (North Eastern Railway) and ‘1665’ (probably its original locomotive number)
IF the number is correct, this was used initially on a D20 class locomotive http://www.lner.info/locos/D/d20.shtml
It was most likely acquired from the Manors Goods Yard (Newcastle-uopn-Tyne) in the early 1950’s, but would date from 1923 at the very latest…