Wow, looks great!
Should I ever come near your place, a must!
Cheers, Herbert
Hello Fly.Buy
As you might be able to see on the picture of my panel is, that the original spacers of my original BFP were that long, so that the adjusting device on the right lower side of the VSI fit plain to the inner side of the BFP.
But I have to confess, that I´ve also seen BFPs with bigger cutout, so that the whole device fits though the hole.
Cheers,
Herbert
Thanks Al
Very informative and accurate as ever 🙂
Cheers,
Herbert
Thanks Cees!
Hello Daz
Spitfire Mk I to II had up to 400 mph. Spitfire Mk V to F.24 had 480 mph.
Could be a Mosquito´s ASI but never a late Spitfire.
Herbert
If I could help someone with pictures a.s.o. I´d like to do so.
Also without $$$ 😉 .
Herbert
Hello Seafuryfan
I´m sorry to say, that there is no real good museum in Austria, where I would like to put them. The only warbird in Austria is a Fieseler Storch in the Heeresgeschichtliche Museum. And the second world war exibition there is more like a anti-war demonstration. So I´ll keep them somewhere near me (maybe in the children´s room, they need something to play with 😀 )
Herbert
Hello FLY.BUY
The only what I can say is, that I visited Malta seven times the last years and I was looking for interesting planes but couldn´t see one exept in the aviation museum. I guess, they donated all interesting wrecks to the museum. The Luqa airport seemes to be in restored condition. They also build up a lot of new stuff like big hotels and yacht ports. The busses will soon be all of modern kind and I guess, they´ll finally tear down the ruins of the royal opera house.
My first visit was in 1997 and since then, Malta changed a lot. Seems, they take the EU membership serious.
Cheers,
Herbert
Hello Charles
You could also try instruments page 1 and 11.
http://www.spitfirespares.com/
Cheers,
Herbert
More details:
The trip to the Aviation Museum may last half an hour. The distance isn´t that far but the busses are generally driving along the labyrinth like narrow streets and roads. If you lucky you´ll find a direct way from the craft´s villiage (old hangars) to the museum (follow the signs). The Hurricane is a beauty and may have even it´s new wings, the Spitfire is nice and there are some other interesting planes, so think about half to one hour walkthrough.
In Valetta you find the War Museum in St. Elmos at the far end of the city. There´s one of the three famous Gladiators.
Near the entrance of Valetta on the right side there are the “Lascaris War Rooms”. The former headquarter of the RAF and Royal Navy.
Try to get a copy of “The Malta Story” with Alec Guiness as a PR Spitfire pilot. You get an idea about what happened with Malta during the war and nice shots of Spitfires and original shots of the air raids. You also see the Lascaris War Rooms in action
Herbert
Hello Ian St
Good you ask! It´s not that easy to get to the museum and a lot of people don´t know that it even exists! You know, the people living in the southern countries don´t care that much about their valuable sights.
From Valetta take any bus going to Sliema ferry (62,64,68,667,671,…).
Take the 65 going from Sliema ferry (there are the most of the hotels) to Rabat/Mdina. Get out at Crafts Villiage in Ta´Qali. Then follow the brown signs to the Aviation Museum. It´s near the big National Stadium. During the hot season it can be adventurous to walk there (heat, sand,…)
Good luck! 😀
Herbert (had been seven times in Malta)
Wow, that was fast. Thanks a lot for your replies since after not even an hour I feel well informed and ready for another eBay spade grip attack. Well, if someone wants to get rid of his own, please contact me.
Kind regards,
Herbert
Well, I also guess, that no Hurricane had toe brakes, am I right?
So there should be the break lever even for a Hurricane grip.
Great!
I see, they all have break handle and the brass tubes for the fire knob are going inside the stem.
Was a Hurricane grip different? Did Hurricanes all have the break lever or were there versions without?
Thanks a lot,
Herbert
I just read this line:
Clocks where fitted in early aircraft, but because of large lost of aircraft by 1942/43 aircrew where given wris****ches
Sounds realistic.
Regards,
Herbert
Ha, what´s wrong with that word? It should be wristw@tches.
Hey guys, you´re doing great!
The Seafire 46 panel looks great and quite similar to a Mk XIV.
Also interesting story about the material of the Spit panels.
Heard also about the name Paxoline, Tufnol, Hadex,…
I like this forum more and more (even there seem to be another opinion – D. Bader Conspiracy Theory) 😀
Thanks a lot,
Herbert 😎