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January 4, 2008 at 8:35 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #1317298

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Hi chaps,

Slight egg on face:o , I got confused over the provenance of our u/c assembly mentioned above. Our resident expert informs me that it came from LJ628 which crashed on Upper Commons, (I wasn’t on the recovery party as I wimped out). In fact we measured up the complete u/c crate assy that came from LK488 (currently on loan from RAFM and shortly due to return).

Sorry for any confusion.

best regards

John

January 1, 2008 at 5:53 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #1321755

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Thanks chaps for the positive responses.

We were very surprised that the u/c leg moved, all it took was liberal applications of WD40 and diesel and the combined weight of 3 of us to move it. It then took us about a copuile of hours to finish rotating it, I think that the bearings must have been protected by the anaerobic conditions in the peat. The leg and other sundry items were recovered by a working party in 2005 (IIRC) and we were assisted by a RAF Chinnok to move the recovered items down the hillside.

At the moment we are going to concentrate on the cockpit and gun turret, but we have sufficient information and items to hopefully reconstruct the whole of the u/c assy in the future. The only problem will be where to put it, I think that it would be approaching 13 feet tall including the wheel:eek:

Happy New Year to all

From the Stirling Project.

December 31, 2007 at 5:34 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #1322627

12jaguar
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Hi Peter,

Not sure if we have what you saw, but we do have 2 mainwheels complete with treaded tyres from a Mk V that we recovered some years ago. Once again they have a bad case of metal moth, but the tyres themselves are in excellent condition. In the fullness of time, it may be possible to use the hubs as a pattern and recreate the wheel assembly as a whole. We have been drawing up the RAF museums u/c crate that was also recovered from mickle Fell and at some point, with time and especially space allowing, the whole u/c assembly could be made.

Happy New Year to all

John

December 31, 2007 at 3:14 pm in reply to: Chinese Stirling – Existence Proved #1322781

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Hi all,

If I had a pound for every time we had a false dawn re the Russian Stirling, I’d have £32:D . We have tried just about everything we can think of to get hold of that flippin aircraft, from going officially through the RAF Air attache in Moscow, the MOD, privately, the Russian embassy and even Roman Abramovitch! all to no avail. The Russian authorities denied all knowledge of it ever having been on their soil, which is a bit surprising as documents shown on another of these threads shows that the aircraft was evaluated within their borders.

We are still keeping our fingers crossed though that the future may bring us something more substantial. In reply to various questions related to the Stirling Project, I’ve decided to post regular updates to a new thread as per Cees’ and David Collins’ excellent cockpit updates.

regards

John

December 31, 2007 at 11:40 am in reply to: Chinese Stirling – Existence Proved #1323160

12jaguar
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Very funny :p:D , I was just about to e-mail the rest of the Stirling project bods to give them some fantastic New Year news.

December 28, 2007 at 1:18 pm in reply to: DeHavilland Hornet Projects? #1326094

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Do a search on this forum with hornet cockpit projects and you’ll find out loads. he exhibited at Cockpitfest this year and was very well received

December 14, 2007 at 1:09 pm in reply to: What Happened to Snoopy? #1247713

12jaguar
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Hot poop from a briefing this morning, Snoopy is expected to fly in May of next year;)

December 14, 2007 at 7:51 am in reply to: What Happened to Snoopy? #1248057

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Just asked the question, it will be civil registered.

December 13, 2007 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Jaguar doing her thing #1249001

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XX833

Hi all,

Retired mid-2006. The Grey T2A XX833 is indeed the last British military Jag flying.

IIRC XX833 was ‘swapped’ in about 2002 for 2 QinetiQ owned Canberras which the RAF needed for their low time engines to support the T4 Canberra at Marham; and therefore ceased to be Military operated/owned.

December 13, 2007 at 1:03 pm in reply to: What Happened to Snoopy? #1249003

12jaguar
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Yep, Snoopy is currently sat in 17 hangar, here at Cambridge, with a gert big prop sat in front of her. It’s scarey to look at.

December 12, 2007 at 7:56 am in reply to: Jaguar ladder #1250811

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Hi Paul

Please see your PM

December 11, 2007 at 7:58 am in reply to: Hurricane Part ID needed #1252026

12jaguar
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The no5 tank gauge is definitely Stirling.

John

December 11, 2007 at 7:55 am in reply to: WWII Bomber Command squadron codes – what font? #1252030

12jaguar
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Slightly on a different track, what font would be generally used for re-creating cockpit warning placards in British aircraft. I’ve had a stab at using aerial for our Stirling panels which are similar but not quite right. Any ideas anyone?

December 4, 2007 at 1:13 pm in reply to: Significant Memorabilia #1259653

12jaguar
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I have a section of Jaguar Fin with the 16(R) Sqn ‘Saint’ figure, taken from XZ101.

November 26, 2007 at 8:01 am in reply to: Second hand aviation prints… #1268635

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What prints are you after exactly?

regards

John
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