Might also be because they weren’t American, Debden was home to 52 OTU at the time.

Adrian

Pity, because Cruise would surely be a shoe-in to play Vernon Charles “Shorty” Keogh.

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/38/media-38356/large.jpg

Adrian

Cheyne and Fleming, I think, trumper. Killed in a collision in 1941. Should you get the chance to update my paltry effort I would be eternally grateful.

Can’t currently recall first names.

Adrian

Bravo Ed, I’m sure the gesture is appreciated.

I left a cross at the new Debden memorial over the remembrance weekend, specifically for two young men who travelled half the world to fight for Britain, only to die in a collision without ever facing the foe, as my father watched. And I didn’t even have a pencil on me to write their names on the cross. Not impressed with myself.

Adrian

Surely, though, it should be sold in a string bag?

Adrian

If you head for Cambridge after DX, the beer and burgers in the Castle (near County Hall) are thoroughly recommended and you get the chance of meeting a legend in his own lunchtime – the landlord was the drummer for the Rutles!

Compass were sh*te when they did my school’s catering in the late ’80s, I hope they’ve improved!

Adrian

Great, shame it’s so short, does the hucks starter disengage once the engine fires?

Yes – there’s a pair of angled dogs on the propellor hub and a pin on the end of the starter that engages them. As soon as the engine is turning faster than the Hucks, the angle pushes the pin out, and the starter disengages.

If that isn’t clear (which is entirely possible!), have a look at this:
https://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/big-healey/Engine-6-Cylinder-ENG595-to-ENG680/NUT-crankshaft-starter-dog.aspx

There’s a pair of dogs much like the nut illustrated on the engine. When it’s stopped, the pin on the Hucks sits against the flats but as soon as the engine fires, the angled part turns under the pin and pushes it out.

Adrian

I think Saunders-Roe’s mixed-power interceptor (SR53?) might have its bum in the photo behind the Folland Midge.
Adrian