Thanks for the reply. I have attached a few pictures of one of the “hub caps”

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hope somone can help identify what they are.

thanks

Hydromatic propeller retaining nut(The nut that keeps the prop attached to the engine).

The photos came from Graham cooper.
Here is a drawing showing the take off attitude.

Fleetlands i think.

Indeed the Firefly could well be on its way to Newton Abbott ? Time will tell.

I wish 😎 🙂

XN650 Sea Vixen FAW2 Nose ,Newton Abbot ,Devon

Saw ‘Mitchells do fly in IMC’ at the age of 13 (over two decades ago,scary)and have never got tired of watching it.

Bruce,

I tend to agree, even then believe the asking price for the last few years has been around £20K 😮

But then value is only what someone is prepared to pay i guess, so if ‘someone’ were dead keen on Firefly’s, and this has been (will be ?) the only chance to purchase one of the ex-Failsworth examples…. perhaps its time to extend the mortgage, bend the credit card or even sell a kidney :diablo:

As this was the example cosmetically restored with a Griffon and Gannet canopy and placed on display in the Manchester museum in the 80’s, maybe somebody has a photo from that period to compare with its current condition ?

Not a Gannet canopy but a Firefly MK7 canopy.

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