Who says it’s fiction?

Well Pic 3 is probably not a Luftwaffe Insignia. I think it is a manufacturer’s Logo….”TX” with wings…?

…and a touch of TSR2 in the wing?

Bean Industries Tipton West Midlands ( Black country )

When taken over by Standard /Triumph in the 1950’s , on top of wages , foundry workers were also allowed 18 pints of Beer per day to combat the hot dusty working conditions …..This allowance started at 7.30 am !!!!!!!:D

My Dad was a “Roller” at Merry Hill Steel Works (now a very large Shopping Mall) also in the midlands and he was allowed 2 Pints per-hour to counter the sweat-rate of his work. The Mill had a Bench for the workers outside the pub across the road.

Yep, Pins for connecting fork-ends. Similar pins may be used for wire or rod-end forks.

But the size (in my estimate) indicates that these are for wires.

Going by the age – try searching for airframe serial/constructors numbers…just a guess.

A friend gave me a “used valve” that he says is either from an Merlin or a Griffon (He certainly works with both).
It has the appearance of an exhaust valve but I can’t hear the sodium rattle (might I be sodium deaf?)
It has a 2″ Seat diameter and is 5.4″ high.
Near the Tappit end are two recess’s separated by what appears to be a Circlip/Seal bed.
The face of the Valve is vibro-etched “B7…X”

It currently has pride of place next to my Trent 1000 turbine blade…so

Is it Merlin? Or Griffon?

It had a system called (I think!) Skyshout – a loud PA that bellowed instructions as the aircraft got airborne. I couldn’t actually understand what was being said though!

Brilliant! Skyshout seems to be a Home Office “must-have” Modification installed on so many police heli’s – and removed to save weight cos no-one used it.

Good sales ploy though.

Every aircraft has one Gold Rivet.