Hi Mike,

Not much use now but, I sold one of the Horizon indicators at Newark last weekend, for a lot less than these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RAF-Aircraft-Director-Horizon-H6-Indicator-/282491826934?hash=item41c5d332f6:g:~y8AAOSwPh5ZJXqh

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nimrod-MR-2-Director-Horizon-H6-As-Used-In-Aircraft-XV243-W3B-/132371516271?hash=item1ed1f50b6f:g:yQUAAOSwZG9WjkYP

However, I do still have another with a broken glass front that you are more than welcome to have for nowt!

Martyn

GYD

Hi David,

You mean this one?

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Dunlop AC 66984.

Martyn

GYD

Crikey!

Quite an exclusive club then? Are you at liberty to say where the rest are, geographically?

Even as a committed/staunch stick grip collector, I have always sought both a VC-10 and a B-47 yoke. Both aircraft served at RAF Brize Norton where I grew up and I have great nostalgic connections! I am just kicking myself for not chasing after the other ex-Brize aircraft yokes that have appeared on, yes that auction site, such as Belfast, Andover and Britannia, those I stupidly overlooked because they were ‘yokes’ not grips! Hrrumph!

Martyn

GYD

I initially thought of the Canberra too but, there is no tail plane incidence trim facility on this handle although, it is a possibility perhaps? The numbers are casting numbers and quality marks unfortunately.
A nice little oval plate with a Dunlop drawing number on would have been nice : )

I have a picture/drawing (somewhere), of the hand controller for the ‘Bulpup’ missile made by Dunlop, which is similar in size hence my reply in #4

I’ll keep searching!

GYD

Hi Aircraft,

The Meteor used a number of ‘straight’ control handles and the top half of your handle is very AC1400 like but, looking at your pictures it is difficult to see if it has been deliberately cut down from that original handle. Can you show a picture of the base of the grip (looking up to where the wires are emerging), to see if it has been deliberately cut or, factory finished? Are there any screw holes at the bottom of the grip?

The handle should be (for a Meteor), an all in one mould that includes the lower part that fits to the column including a plug socket (i.e. no bare wires dangling out of the bottom of the handle) and houses the brake lever. I have added a picture of the AC10800 F8 Meteor handle to show.

GYD
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Superb Tony!

A right hand to match my left hand perhaps?

However, VC-10-derness apart, I recently took charge of these two grips from my ‘contact’ in France. A front and back seat pair from a Mirage 2000N, the front grip is the same as the later grip fitted to the Mirage F1 but, the rear grip is very similar to a ‘bland and empty ‘RAF SAMM 212’ Jaguar grip.

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GYD

Hi JC,

Is this any use? If so, I can try and scan it or photocopy it and send it to you?
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GYD

Thanks to ‘wyvernfan’ and his link to the replica VC-10 yoke hub, here is the finished product smartly positioned in my VC-10 yoke!
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GYD