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November 22, 2017 at 6:01 pm in reply to: ‘Sir Roderic’ #804234

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Watch this space……

November 20, 2017 at 9:54 pm in reply to: BCWM's Jaguar GR.1 Roll-Out #805211

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Thanks Al, should’ve known, done enough tub leak repairs in my Abingdon days LOL

Great progress matey

November 20, 2017 at 8:41 am in reply to: BCWM's Jaguar GR.1 Roll-Out #805619

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Well done guys

Have you had fuel in the tank around the rear of the intake tubs (F4 tank?), as there’s a possibility it may leak into the intake itself?

John

November 15, 2017 at 2:36 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #808168

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replied 🙂

November 14, 2017 at 8:56 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #808536

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Hi Simon

The Mk IV nose is much different to the one in the kit. For a start there are no doors behind the Observers seat, the bulkhead itself is truncated to about half its height and there’s a canvas strap which acts as a backrest in place of where the doors are. The compartment beneath is not a whole lot different from the kit or indeed from a Mk III, and the Mk IV could be used in a conventional bombing role if needs be. I haven’t got any photos to hand but if you PM me your email address I’ll see what I can dig out.

John

November 6, 2017 at 7:17 am in reply to: Whirlwind Fighter Project #812656

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Good luck with the workshop issues, lack of secure workspace is what’s held us up for so long

John

October 29, 2017 at 5:00 pm in reply to: Short Bros archives #815911

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there are no blueprints there, but they seem to be very helpful if you contact them.

If anyone needs to find out about Oswald Short there is a family member who has been putting a history together. Don’t know their name personally, but if you contact the Stirling Aircraft Society they should be able to put you in touch with them

John

October 29, 2017 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Short Bros archives #816040

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Hi there

I think that most if not all of the Shorts archive went to the Public Records Office Northern Ireland (PRONI). That’s where we got the majority of our internal photo evidence from for the Stirling

John

October 25, 2017 at 2:54 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #817610

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PM sent 🙂

October 24, 2017 at 2:50 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #817978

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On the former RAF Alconbury airfield (now an Enterprise Zone)

October 24, 2017 at 7:10 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #818128

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We have a got a few scraps of fabric including a portion of seat, all of which are black leather and the photos we have seem to show the same. That said, different suppliers may have manufactured the seats dependent on the material available at the time.

October 23, 2017 at 6:35 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #818284

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Hi Alan

thought I’d asked about that one before. IIRC it’s a 5C/1747, if you’ve got an original……..

October 23, 2017 at 6:17 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #818291

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thanks guys

Mostly working on cockpit fixtures and fittings at the moment whilst design details of the bomb bay are finalised

Getting there one rivet at a time 🙂

October 21, 2017 at 9:03 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #818813

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Hi all

No updates for a while due to the team being scattered hither and thither. Nonetheless, quite a bit of progress has been made. Thanks to a donation from the Stirling Aircraft Society, we have been able to get the Pilots’ seat cushions manufactured with enough leather left over to manufacture the Navs seat cushions and the Bomb Aimers ‘couch’. These are as close to the original as we can get based on photo evidence and personal recollections. We’d like to thanks the Society for their donation and hopefully our connection will be closer in future.

Cliff has been fabricating a new bracket and slider for the U/c indicator switch, originals of which are as rare as rocking horse poo. Still a bit more to do on this but it should be installed on the Instrument Panel soon.

I’ve been steadily progressing the 1st Pilots control column fwd stop assembly, which is yet another example of Shorts (over) engineering. Still got the 2nd Pilots’ one to do then on to the 4 off sloping footrests.

Finally a great thanks to Dormer Drills who have shown an interest in the Project and have kindly donated a selection of drills and cutting fluids to us. 🙂

John

October 2, 2017 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Parachute Harness #827244

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thanks Alan for the update.

Definitely interested in one or more

John
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