chippie51Bearings
Thanks Twinotter,
Have tried them alredy but their records have been lost in the mists of time.
The bearings may also be known as AJ8626. They come in a box of 5, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything………..
G
chippie51Ipswich Pikeys
Probably the same group of pikeys that broke into a local workshop a few months ago and removed a few grands worth of tools and equipment.
String the b”%^ards up. Me, bitter, surely not.
George
chippie51A true gent. Being involved in old aeroplanes is in may ways more about the prople you meet along the way rather than the machines you get to play with. Ed was a truely nice bloke and I remember being sadened when I heard he had given up flying some years ago and sold his Stearman. Truely a sad day.
George
chippie51AH
Sycamore, well, you can’t get any less aerobatic than that!
George
chippie51Bowser
Anyone know if any of these are available? Would be ideal for our needs.
George
chippie51MOD
Hi Andy, I can almost see the MOD’s response now. Probably something along the lines of “yeah, we could have recovered the remains of your relative, but you know what, they served their purpose and just aren’t that important to us.”
George
chippie51MOD’s attitude
I can’t but help wonder what the MOD’s and State of Maine’s response would be to the families/relative of these two pilots requesting the return of their remains. Could the MOD tell them to go away and refuse their request?
George
chippie51Relatives
Hi Andy,
Throughout the MOD’s decision making process which led to these Corsairs remaining on the lake bed and the refusal of recovery, were the opinions and wishes of the pilots relatives sought and taken into account, or was the decision purely based on the wishes of the MOD?
George
chippie51HAA
I’ve been meaning to join the HAA for some time and have the forms. I will get around to it over the next few days.
It would be interesting to see a proposal put forward to take the day to day oversight of warbirds away from the CAA and into the hands of an organisation comperable in remit to the PFA/LAA. That way warbirds would be overseen by folks who actually understand them. However, I cannot see the CAA willingly handing this over at a time they are struggling to hold on to those parts of their empire for which they are still responsible.
George
chippie51CAA post – reinstated
OK, I’ll reinstate my post. I’d like to make it clear that I’m not trying to rock the boat, just speak as I see the current situation. This is not written from an armchair perspective, I operate and fly a vintage aeroplane, albeit on the N reg for this very reason. We also have a G-reg aeroplane on the way together.
Original post below.
There exists an interesting situation within the CAA at the current time which has been developing over the past few years. And before anyone jumps down my throat for commenting, I do not make this comment in relation to the current issues between the CAA and TFC, this is penned with a slightly wider brush than just one incident. It is also not a criticism of the CAA, simply an observation of where they are today.
The current CAA (and this goes increasingly for the FAA as well) is a very different beast to that which oversaw the major expansion in the operating of vintage ex-military aeroplanes in the 1980’s and early 90’s. While the surveyors and decision makers within the CAA have in the past been largely of an ex. military background or been brought up in civil aviation on a diet of maintenance of DC-3, Dove and similar recip heavy based types, the average CAA employee today will be of the modern generation and will have come to the CAA either, at best, from a modern airline environment where they operate modern jet types which enjoy full manufacturer support, and they therefore don’t have to think beyond the availability of a JAR Form 1 attached part, or, more worryingly, straight from university with little hands on experience of the practicalities of actual day to day operating aeroplanes, especially those which are no longer supported by the manufacturer and which may require a degree of lateral thought in order to keep them in the air.
I guess what I’m saying is that the CAA is increasingly reliant upon people who have little practical understanding of and experience in looking after the older generation aeroplanes. This is leading to a regrettable situation where their expectations for documentation and the comfort factor which comes from full manufacturer technical support cannot be met, not because of any shortcomings within the vintage aeroplane industry, but because the documents the surveyors have been brought up to understand and rely on in their decision making simply do not exist, and in most cases never have existed.
This is a situation which will only deteriorate further over the forthcoming years and, much as it pains me to say, I can’t see life getting any easier for vintage operators.
George
chippie51Bulbs
We have some NOS examples. How many do you need?
George
chippie51One other factor
One other much overlooked factor, within the UK anyway, is directors responsibility to do all possible to reasonably protect the assets of a company. As such, if an aeroplane is company owned and is written off without sufficient hull insurance being in place to make good the financial loss in asset value of the company which owned the aeroplane (if a company owned asset), a director or officer of said owning company could be in for the high jump for not properly discharging their responsibilities.
George
chippie51Gipsy Queen and Fiat Bits
We’re slowly but surely starting on the Fiat and have had a chance to go through and start to assess what we need for the airframe and engine.
Thanks to Anon’s help we can cross the spinner and back plate off the list. bits we do need though for the engine are as follows:
Vac pump………………..B3X
L&R Magnetos………….BTH Type CGD.1
Distributors
24 Volt Starter with 12 Jaw dog (also used on some Chipmunk, Provost and Ansons)
Dowty Hydraulic pump
Ignition leads
Spark Plugs……….KLG Type RC.5/4 or RC.9//2R or Lodge RS.5/7R or RS.9/1R
Carburettor……….Hobson Type AI55E/3
Any internals would also be useful – valves, pistons, etc. We also need a suitable rotatable engine cradle to buy/beg/borrow.
Any ideas would be very welcome!
Thanks,
George
chippie51AGS Stuff
OK, we’re gradually working through the piles of AGS stuff we have. If any of the bits listed below are of use to anyone please shout. More details to follow.
Mods, please remove this if it’s thought to be too “commercial”.
George
Description Part Number Section Reference
Bolt mild steel 1/4 BSF x1.75″ 6A1/13E 28D/ 7087
Bolt mild steel 5/16 BSF x2.7″ 6A1/22G 28D/ 7251
Bolt 2A30/38J 28D/16553
Bolt 3A113/7G 28DU/9415731
Bolt H.T steel. Non stainless Hex Head A.25/9.L 28D/13052
Bolt Hex head 6A1/4B 28D/7379
Bolt mild steel 1/4 BSF x1.15″ 6A1/7E 28D/7083
Bolt M/S Hex head 6A1/20B 28D/7384
Bolt Mild Steel 2.BA x 0.9″ 6A1/5C 28D/7075
Bolt Mild Steel 4BA x 2.35″ 6A1/20B 28D/7384
Bolt Stainless Steel 4B.A x 1.25″ A15Z/9B 28D/11129
Bolt Stainless Steel 4BA x 0.4″ AGS/869/2B 28D/5121
Bolt mild steel 5/16 BSF x2.7″ 6A1/22G 28D/ 7251
Bolt HTS 1/4″ BSF x 4.65″ A15Y/42F 28D/7476
Bolt HTS 2 BA x 2.4″ A15Y /20C 28D/7885
Bolt Mild Steel 4BA x 1.95″ 6A1/16B 28D/7383
Bolt Mild Steel 4BA x 3.15″ 6A1/28B 28D 7385
Bolt Mild Steel 5/16 BSF x 3.4″ 6A1/29G 28D/7185
Bolt A25 1 1/2E
Bolt A25- 2E 28D/ 1011030
Bolt A25-3E
Bolt A25-4B
Bolt A25-3C
Bolt A25-1B
Bolt A25-4E
Bolt A25-4C
Bolt A25-1A
Bolt A25-3C
Bolt A25-5C
Bolt A25-1E
Bolt A25-2C
Bolt A25-½B
Bolt A25-½C
Bolt A25-1C
Bolt Mild Steel 6A1/19C 28D/7114
Bolt Mild Steel 6A1/20B 28D/7384
Bolt Mild Steel 5/16″ BSF x 3.4″ 6A1/29G 28D/7185
Bolt Mild Steel 7/32″ BSF x 3″ 5A1/D30 28D/6259
Bolt A25-9E
Bolt A25-7C
Bolt A25-8C
Bolt A25-9C
Bolt A25-9B
Bolt A25-10G
Bolt A25-10B
Bolt A25-9J
Bolt A25-9G
Bolt A25-10B
Bolt A25-7E
Bolt A25-8E
Bolt A25-7B
Bolt A25-6G
Bolt A25-6E
Bolt A25-6G
Bolt A25-6C
Bolt A25-6B
Bolt A25-8A
Bolt A25-5J
Bolt A25-5B
Bolt A25-9P 28D/14276
Bolt Mild Steel 5/16″ x 2.7″ 28D/7251
Bolt H/T Steel 2BA x 0.85″ AS1248/4C 28D1013301
Screw BS1083 29B1210819
Bolt A25-36G 28D1212640
Bolt A25-11B
Bolt A25-11E
Bolt A25-12B
Bolt A25-12C
Bolt 7/16 BSF A25/12L
Bolt A25-34C
Bolt A25-13B
Bolt A25-13C
Bolt HT Steel 5/16 BSF x 4.15″ A25-36G 28D/15874
Bolt A25-13E
Bolt A25-14B
Bolt A25-14C
Bolt A25/14E
Bolt A25-15B
Bolt A25-15C
Bolt A25-16G
Bolt A25-13G
Bolt A25-15A 28D/5305
Bolt A25-18C
Bolt A25-14A 28D/1212295
Bolt A25/15G
Bolt A25-13G
Bolt A25-17L
Bolt A25-10L 28D/5306
Bolt A25/11N 28D/12997
Bolt A25-13G
Bolt A25/14G
Bolt 28D/1212691
Bolt A25-17E
Bolt A25-18E
Bolt A25-13G
Bolt A25-21E
Bolt A25-16C
Bolt A25-22B
Bolt A25-22E
Bolt A25/29C
Bolt A25-23C
Bolt A25-23G
Bolt A25-24E
Bolt A25-25G
Bolt A25-26E
Bolt A28-28J
Bolt A25-30E
Bolt A25-34G
Bolt A25-39G
Bolt A25-25P
Bolt A25-38B 28D/1214306
Bolt A25-37Q 28D/1213688
Bolt A25-45G 28D/5306
Bolt A25-46G
Bolt A25-47E
Bolt A25-23S 28D/16256
Bolt A25-23Q 28D/1213138
Bolt A25-24Q
Bolt A25-30S
Bolt A25-35B
Bolt A25-35C
Bolt A25-36C
Bolt A25-29B 28D1212285
Bolt A25-53L
Bolt Steel HT 1/4 BSF x 5.9″ A25-54E 28D/12937
Bolt HT Steel A25-69G
Bolt HT Steel 34″ BSF x 3.55″ A25-235 28D/16256
Bolt A60/20N 28D/1300178
Bolt A26-1C
Bolt A26-7E
Bolt A26-37E
Bolt A26-50C
Bolt 5/16″ BSF x 3.24″ A57-29G
Bolt A57-2G
Bolt A59-25G
Bolt A59-22E
Bolt HT Steel 3/8″ BSF x 2.35″ A59-17J 28D/9435058
Bolt A59/24E 28D/20411
Bolt A59/14N 28D/16289
Bolt A102-1-2A
Bolt A102-1B
Bolt A102-2B
Bolt A102-3B
Bolt A102-1C
Bolt A102-2C
Bolt A102-D29
Bolt A102-D20
Bolt A102-24D
Bolt A102-10D
Bolt A102-8D
Bolt A102-7D
Bolt A105-4D
Bolt A102-3D
Bolt A102-2D
Bolt A102-1D
Bolt A102-1/2D
Bolt A102-17D
Bolt A102-2E
Bolt A102-3E
Bolt A102-4E
Bolt A102-14E
Bolt A102-9E
Bolt A102-15E
Bolt A102-20E
Bolt A102-19E
Bolt A102-1/2E
Bolt A102-1E
Bolt A102-2E
Bolt A102-5E
Bolt A102-6E
Bolt A102-3E
Bolt A102-8E
Bolt A102-9E
Bolt A102-7E
Bolt A102-41L
Bolt A102-14D
Bolt A102-14G
Bolt A102-3G
Bolt A102-21G
Bolt A102-8G
Bolt A102-3G
Bolt A102-2G
Bolt A102-1/2G
Bolt A102-41L
Bolt A102-50J
Bolt A102-25P
Bolt A102-2-0L
Bolt A102-8S
Bolt A102-20E
Screw A34-C40
Screw A36-Z6
Screw A37-C16
Screw A43-B6
Screw A43-C8
Bolt A28-16E 28D/1213237
Bolt ¼” BSF x 2.1″ A61-16E 28D/1213237
Bolt Shear steel 55 tons Sq in A60-20N 28D/1213612
chippie51Spinny thing
Yep, it looks great. I haven’t had a chance to match it against the cowling nose-bowl, but it looks to be the right size and profile. Another item ticked off the list. Thanks for your help with this.
I pulled out some of the AGS bits off your list today. I’ll be down there again next Tuesday all being well so shoulld get through the list then.
George
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