Just checked and Farallon, where this was brought ashore, and Rio Hato, base of the 24th, are only 8km apart.

The prop (long blade CE) and engine combo only realistically gives P-36 in that region, and the 24th ‘s P-36A’s were very local, suffering numerous training accidents, (last bit from Wiki). Hope this helps.

Think that list can be pruned by theatre – and weren’t some of those more normally associated with Hamiltons (DC3, etc)?

Is it not RH rotation?

Blenheim DH prop is just a Hamilton Standard really, and there are lots of US aircraft that used ’em.. but not convinced it is Ham Stand / De havilland from the hub.

Edit – on a second look, it looks Curtiss to me. Pic here – I have included an inset of the control mechanism – you can see it in one of the pics, tucked just behind the hub.

I was watching Michael Portillo’s railway journeys the other day and he visited AW at Yeovil and was talking about their involvement in building aircraft during the last was war and showed several pictures of Whirlwind Manufacture at that time.:)

Thanks for the heads up, Merlinai. I can’t get iPlayer to work for that episode – Series 4, Episode 14. Stu, do you want to have a look? Who was doing the ‘showing’, and have we seen this stuff?

I tried to hold off, but can’t. Sorry..

Has the world gone mad?

Why, as someone has already said, BURY aircraft in a large city with many scrap dealers?

Wouldn’t the digging of a hole big enough to drive lorries into have been noticed by a quite a few people, in said large city?

Am I just ‘spitting’ in the wind here, in the face of a press and, in this case, a councillor who haven’t thought any of this through?

OK, I promise only to post information from now on.

I haven’t lost the plot, BM. Have you read the other posts by this bloke? I was attempting humour, and also a heads-up. Please see the locked ‘Little Nellie’ thread. And the crated aircraft thread.

Mono, when and where did you share a ‘Glider port’ with DP?

Caution, folks.

I was taught to fly by Biggles himself. No, hang on, it was James Bond. Lived in a caravan next to mine. On the moon.

If this is supposed to be Battle of Britain, why do I see 41 Pattern Mae Wests?

And the award for pendant of the year goes to…

Meant with humour and affection! 🙂