Nice idea, but there’s not that much original structure around I’m afraid:(

Try Stirling, on auxilliary panel stbd flight engineers station on late Mk 4…………….systems overide panel

Well there you go then:D

The poster was “grounded”, it’s not the title of the thread:)

judging by the way most of them succesfully deflected the blast from the expenses scandal, I would think that the majority of them are armour plated anyway:rolleyes:

Regarding the stencilling, the outer screws were plain 10UNF threaded bolts, but the inner ones had a small screw portion on the end, then a length of thinner plain shank, then further threads, before the normal shank / head.

The idea of this was so if one came loose inside the intake, it would stop coming undone at the plain portion and not get ingested.

I think that was a modification wasn’t it as the pre mod versions did exactly as you described. I never saw any stencilling either though there was a suitable caution in the AP.

John

Didn’t Dave Gilmore have a Yellowjacks painted Gnat?

My contact tells me the following:

Flt Lt Ernest Relton Wright DFC DFM

FS to PO 14 Aug 43.

To Flt Lt 14 Aug 1945.

DFC awarded 13 October 1944 London Gazette Page 4692 Whilst serving with 405 Sqn PFF

He may have more info but he’s away from his archives at present.

John

At this rate construction will be finished before the year is out.

Cees

Now that you’ve nearly finished the Halibag, you’ll be looking for another project, fancy helping out with the Stirling? :diablo:

John