They are cracking shots with the Lysander, some sort of press demo me thinks?
Reminds me of the lifeboat demo with the RAF Rescue Whirlwind that didn’t go so well.

Also, isn’t it funny how one persons Google search using the same words can bring up completely different info and pics than someone elses?

It might be worth clarifying what’s what re instruments.
ie was the paint with the radioactivity only used up to a certain time, is infra-red paint different etc.
Or for all are sakes best not to keep raising it on forums?:confused:

A few years back, a survey of my two Hunter cockpits by the authorities resulted in them removing the GM4 and E2 compass from my F1….they were most miffed that the same instruments in my F6 were fine!!! I have since found suitable replacements

Who are the ‘authorities’?

I have handled this problem by replacing most of my luminous Spit instruments by flourescent ones. The original luminous I keep in a box with a lead and aluminium lining. My Stirling panel still has a lot of luminous instruments.

I think this is what we need to get to the bottom of here, how do you tell which is what?

Also does swapping them not compromise originality (especially pulling them apart and fitting new faces), ie if you want to keep original instruments with their original panel / cockpit?

This all sounds very alarmist to me, there must be higher radioactivity levels in most houses than any exposure to instrumentation, and certainly far more dangerous things like staring at this moniter all day!

This thread is remaining typically obscure, ie some slight overkill and absolutely no useful advice coming forward!

I would say the only reasonable chance of seeing a Shack fly again, is with the SAAF MR.3, even this fine machine seems to have become a ground runner which kind of shows what a massive task it is to keep em flying.
Not sure what the latest is with it, but there is a thread about it somewhere here, and Mo will know for sure.