Alex, I have the manual for the Mk.4E in electronic form if it’s any use to you? I’m not sure if it’s 100% complete but it’s got all the details you should need. I could convert it and send it as a .pdf file (Adobe Acrobat format).

Let me know.

We bought it from North Weald but it was from Stuart Gowans – so it could have done but he didnt mention it – it is superb from the outside, but was grotty inside (albeit the majot chunks are inside) have given it a general spruce up but do need some control column gaiters – does anyone have any spare?

TT

It was actually Cockpitfest 2003 when Stuart displayed it and it won 2nd prize if memory serves.

We may bring our Vamp but we are Cockpitfest virgins and i doubt she’ll be up to the standards on show!

TEXANTOMCAT, the condition doesn’t matter a jot. To be honest we could do with a few more attending that are “work in progress” or “not quite finished” in order to give visitors a feel for the huge amount of restoration work that goes on behind the scenes. I’ve always felt that just displaying lovely, shiny, restored cockpits doesn’t do justice to the efforts people put into them. My Hunter is in a hideous state of disrepair so if I do manage to get it there it will scare the life out of small children I can assure you!

MarkG are you taking your Hunter this year old fruit? I am undecided whether I will take the F1 (which has not been before but is complete but ‘tatty’) or the F6. The Museum will be taking its Jaguar complete with working (extending/retracting) AAR probe and cockpit lighting.

I’m desperately trying to get it into a transportable condition with the aim of taking it this year. Unfortunately, I’ve still not joined it back together where it was cut down the middle. I am hoping to do that in the next few weeks though. I’m then planning to mount it on a LOX trolley – should then be a simple case of hiring a trailer to move it. I guess there’s still a good 1-2 years restoration work to be done so ain’t going to be pretty, but will make a nice contrast against the restored examples on display.

I reckon this years event is going to be a real cracker and I can hardly wait! 🙂

Any one know which aircraft cockpits will be attending Shoreham Aerojumble next week?

That’s an easy one to answer – none!
Unfortunately there was limited interest from cockpit owners so the organisers of the aerojumble lost interest and just stopped speaking to us. There were two cockpit owners who said they would attend, but when the organisers went quiet they, quite rightly, said forget it then.
I don’t know what he was expecting – hundreds of cockpits converging on Shoreham from all over the globe presumably. :rolleyes:

Scans of the cockpit photos from the Attacker Pilot’s Notes if they’re any use to you…

I was intrigued by the writing around the upper portion of the badge. Normally this just reads “Squadron”, positioned centrally. However, on checking the RAF Heraldry site, it seems that 32’s original badge showed “Fighter Squadron”. So that fits.

That’s interesting. Is that something that is likely to have changed when the crown changed from the King’s to Queen’s crown? The RAF Marham site shows the wording just as “Squadron” but with the Queen’s crown.

The current 32 Sqn. crest has changed again of course to “Royal Squadron” as they took over the duties of the Queen’s Flight.

I’m very interested in understanding this as the Vampire T.11 pod I’m restoring started it’s service life with 32 Sqn. in the Middle East and returned to the UK in 1957 when they converted to Canberras. I suspect it may have been the squadrons only T.11 but can’t be sure. I would like to return the pod to it’s 32 Sqn. colour scheme so getting the crest right is important.

I’m also intrigued by the stripe behind the crest…?

Anybody got any idea what this lot is ?

Yup. That’s a load of instruments that is. No question about it. 🙂

Seriously, you have quite a mixture of post-war instruments there. A rate-of climb indicator in the top right corner, three turn-and-slips, that box in the middle is a gyro compass corrector box as fitted to Hunters, Vampires, Sea Hawks etc..

And (silly question) what is a turn and slip ?

A turn-and-slip is basically an instrument which indicates to the pilot the rate of turn of the aircraft, and the amount of side-slip. The older British T and S did this with two seperate needles (you have two of the later 2-needle types in the bottom right corner of your photo), the alternative type of T and S is the type you see in the top left corner which has a needle to indicate the rate of turn but a ball (in damping fluid) to indicate the side-slip.

The rate of turn needle is operated by an electrically or vacuum operated rate gyro, and the side-slip indicator usually works using a relatively simple pendulum arrangement within the instrument and centrifugal/centripetal force.

Incidentally, to correct the side-slip you “step on the ball” so if the ball drifts to the right you depress the right rudder pedal to correct for it. This is simplified rather, and I’m sure the people who know what they’re talking about will correct me, but you get the idea!

By the way, I know of someone who is looking for a pair of the 2-needle T and S you have there, so if you fancy parting with them let me know 😀