Part numbers for the Dove and Devon start 104, the Heron 114, the Trident 121 etc.

Excellent work Elliott.

de Havilland only used the last two digits for the parts id on DH.110 / Sea Vixen, ie 10 for DH.110 series, 10-20 for DH.110 Mk.20x (inc FAW.1) onwards, and 10-22 for items specific to FAW.2. this was folowed by the two letters denoting where the item was on the aircraft.

Rob, are you sure about the SA no.s for the Sturgeon, I could be wrong myself (apologies if so) but thought that S.38 & S.39 were the Shorts part number prefixes?

It’s been a while since I’ve seen the film, but seemed to remember that the Mustang sequences were the most terrific warbird scenes, visually and soundwise, that I’ve seen in a film.

Will definitely check out your blog:)

Supurb, no mean achievement getting decent winter shots!

Yes, strangely I kind of knew the producer via a college friend, I helped by collating some Shackleton noises from somewhere!

My understanding is that the withdrawal date was edging forwards due to deployment use, but unsure if that meant that 2013 would be the final year of service.

Here at St Athan the servicing of the type is rapidly coming to an end.
The last major servicing was carried out on K.3 ZA147/F which departed in Nov 2010.
Minor servicing continues here, C.1K XR808/R (earmarked for RAFM preservation) departed in Nov ’11, and there are currently two in for servicing, C.1K XV106/W and K.3 ZA150/J, one of them is due to depart back to Brize this afternoon.
This servicing comes to an end in February 2012 and we are expecting the last VC-10 in fairly soon.

XR808 5 03-11-11 (9)ed by jamtey71, on Flickr

VC-10 C.1K XV106 / W arriving 3 Nov 2011 by jamtey71, on Flickr

VC-10 C.1K XV106 / W arriving 3 Nov 2011 by jamtey71, on Flickr

VC-10 K.3 ZA150 / J ariving 2 Nov 2011 by jamtey71, on Flickr

BTW for spotting I thoroughly recommend trying to get to St Athan, the view from the public roads at both ends of the runway is excellent (especially on RW 08) and because of the compact nature of the airfield the approach and departure techniques can be very interesting, departures are usually conducted with miniumun test and delivery fuel and are quite spirited!
If there’s enough interest here I can post more pictures

2. Roundel Police. The cake is definitely ex RAAF and ‘returned to country of origin’ on the customs forms. Example of roundel here:-

What roundel?:confused:

Hope you had a good one Peter.

I do think that the market is ready for an indepth and well put across study on this subject, make a change from some of the single type books which some types seem to have been overly exposed.
I quite agree with AllanK, there is a perfect opportunity here to cover the economic, political, & social aspects of British Aero industry, rather than just concentraing on the actual tin bashing – covering these important facets should prevent eyes glazing over and create a rare chance for these subjects to creep into an aircraft book.
Even the organisation and hierachy of the Aero companies themselves would make fascinating reading, as would the linked subject to dispersed production, that of the planned dispersed mass storage and quick erection of aircraft when needed for front-line use by the AM/RAF.
My point is that AlertKen, and indeed Allen, often manage to put these points across very well here without being too ‘rose tinted’ or disparaging.

Thanks chaps!:)