It is hard to find anything on the undercarriage, there is a bit of info and some pics of the B.2 generally on this thread, http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=110023&highlight=valiant , including some unusual shots posted on Twin Otters Newark links,

my understanding is that the main gear legs swivelled rearwards, the four wheel bogies maintainig their parellel position to be housed in the trailing edge fairings – sort of Tupolev or Britannia style.
Would be great to see some detail though, especially if Black Knight can post something from a manual.

If you get really stuck and are desperate to see the mechanism I’m wondering if the BAe archives at Farnborough will have pics, it’s surprising at what unpublished material they have.

Great looking aircraft though!

Al on here did start a thread about this, I believe he may be connected to the project.

That Firefly is a very sociable aeroplane – when Bob Diemart had it, he configured it for 8 ( yes!) , and bolted on a merlin from a York.

😮 I’ve never seen that before!

I use the free version and find it a fantastic resource, I’ve never had any trouble with upload limits etc.
I don’t know why but I find the quality of the linked images of far higher quality than that of Photobucket (which I also use), that goes for my own uploaded images aswel as downloading/viewing other peoples images.
I use the profile (account?) so that I can upload my many pictures, mainly airfields & aircraft, and then easily access them from any computor and to attach them to forums etc.

I think if you want to get your aviation pictures used then Air Britain and Airliners.net is the way to go, I always get odd requests from that.

I would say it’s a B17 turret hatch as Rich suggests.
If G.Adlam measures across the widest span (against the bottom ring) of the opening in his turret, and then Auster can confim by measuring across the widest part of his glazed panel, this will be confirmed.
As turrets go the Bristol 17 isnt that rare, being used in large numbers post-war on Lincolns and Shackletons, they were the last mid uppers in RAF use.

There was only one Sherpa built, and as it’s preserved with its windscreen I wouldn’t think there’s any others kicking about!

Rich, how’s the plans going re ‘op turret’?

its a great read, but the quick price drop doesn’t bode well for publishing does it ?:(

It doesn’t help when the publisher then issues a superior hardback edition, which can also be had at discount prices.

Comet, for really good 1940s/’50s test-pilot books you can’t go wrong with Brian Rivas’ John Derry book which I would consider the master works reflecting that period and Derry’s story is just so remarkable.
Also Jeffrey Quills’ Spitfire: A Test Pilots Story, Neville Dukes’ Test Pilot, Mike Lithgows’ Mach One, Brian Trubshaws Test Pilot, and Peter Twiss’ Faster Than The Sun are very good straight from the horses mouth reads, all can be found cheaply on Amazon/EBay.
Good list here, http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=test+pilot&x=7&y=26#

For a good oversight to all test piloting from early days to Tornado (some of the ’20s & 30s characters such as Summers and Cordes were very interesting), Test Pilots by Don Middleton is very good

So mining materials, shipping them to factories all around the world, then shipping the sub assemblies to another factory, using vast amounts of energy to put the bits together to produce a 68.9 mpg Micra (will be less than that when you look past the manufacturers guff, decline with engine wear in a year or so aswel), the completed cars then shipped all over the world is more environmentally concious than buying and recycling an older car for £1000.
I suppose its more responsible getting yourself into a finance and servicing agreements to be able to use a brand new car aswel?

Nope this is just another anti individual move, from a time when we could drive around in (and indeed work on and fix comparitively cheaply) something we wished to, be it a weezy old Angle box with firestripes down the side to a Rover V8.

Arthur Pewty, it seems like your only remit here is to contradict someone elses points, certainly going off all your posts in GA, therefore you have pretty well devalued your own opinions as far as I can see – you picked an apt user name!

B-47, Feb 1958, at least the location is correct!