It would seem a bit pointless having a warning horn it if it can’t be heard above engine and W/T noise?

1957, or just thereafter, seems about right, at least for the Rotodyne shot which seems to show it in a fairly early state, great images once again!

Lovely shot of the Hurricane from Keith Gaff as well.

Hunter F.58 arrived yesterday.

Hunter F.58 ariving with HFL at St Athan, 7 March 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

Hunter F.58 ariving with HFL at St Athan, 7 March 2012 by jamtey71, on Flickr

I included this shot as it shows just how snugly the main gears fit into the wing when retracted!

… if you can guess its identity you win a free lifetimes’ access to the forum.

What was their fate?

I know little about L-29s, but wonder if any of those are amongst the four currently being made airworthy by HFL?http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=113913&highlight=hfl+st+athan

Nothing wrong with the engine.

Didn’t the Sapphire suffer blade rubbing in some conditions, also under the impression that the Sapphire was realised early on that it wasn’t as ‘developable’ as the Avon would be – and clearly was in the 200/300?

The Sapphire (ASX, inherited from Metrovick F.9) did feature an annular combustion chamber from the start, which was a more modern layout, and which the Avon switched to from the 200 series, and ASM did use a superior fuel atomiser design in its turbojets.
Have also seen it written that the Rolls Royce obtained use from ASM for their superior compressor design.

Interesting that the Americans choose the Sapphire to develop as the J-65 though, (inc fitment in their Canberra versions), rather than the Avon.

Good to hear that this Hunters’ future appears to be safe.

Don’t worry though -I know of nobody who has been hurt because a thread deviated !

Are you sure of that?:D

Getting back to the issue, does anyone here know the list of 15 aircraft that could be for sale (as per TonyTs link)?

Thank you for the background on the accident John, absolutely awful.

What I meant though was more generally speaking, like David has mentioned, where accidents have happened and seemed survivable only for there to be a fatal ending.

Amazing pictures, but such a sad ending for the pilot, I wonder though how often occurances may have happened like this.