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  • July 21, 2015 at 2:53 pm in reply to: Hawker Hart/Audax Question #854292
    anneorac
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    Part of the message pick up apparatus?

    Don’t think so. The pick-up hook method had been around for a while on the F2b, Atlas and was fitted to the Audax.

    Anne

    July 20, 2015 at 1:03 pm in reply to: PA474 to Visit Berlin…? #855392
    anneorac
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    In the late 1980s I went to a number of airshows with a German chap who would have been about 10 when the war ended. He could pick up the sound of the Lancaster long before anyone else could. He would just freeze for a few seconds, listening until he was sure what he could hear and then carry on. He actually liked seeing the aircraft but his initial reaction to the sound always made me think of the scared young boy who still living inside this grown man.

    Anne

    July 17, 2015 at 9:03 am in reply to: Be-50 Beta Minor from 1935 flying after ten years #858414
    anneorac
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    Now that is beautiful. Thanks for letting us know about it.

    Anne

    June 22, 2015 at 8:11 am in reply to: Is this a flying helmet? #880939
    anneorac
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    Posters on another forum opine that this is an Imperial German flying helmet. I only wish I could now remember where and when I acquired it!

    Pedant alert!

    Strictly speaking it’s not specifically an Imperial German Army bit of kit. The crown is wrong. It could be a bit of Bavarian Army bit of kit though. They were the second largest part of the Imperial German Army but swore allegiance to the King of Bavaria who’s crown looked very like the one on the helmet.

    Everyone loves a pedant!

    Anne

    June 19, 2015 at 2:22 pm in reply to: Is this a flying helmet? #883334
    anneorac
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    Crown looks Belgian to me.

    Anne.

    June 15, 2015 at 9:05 am in reply to: Found in a loft #887686
    anneorac
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    How many Gauntlets were fitted with the Mercury VI S2? I thought the VI S was the standard for Gauntlets.

    Alex Lumsden’s ‘British Piston Aero-Engines’ only lists the Bristol 105A, 133, 142 and Gloster SS37 (Gladiator) as having been fitted with the S2 although Putnam’s Gloster book mentions the S2 having been fitted to the Gauntlet.

    Anne

    April 16, 2015 at 8:01 am in reply to: Chilton Trainer #850295
    anneorac
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    A bit like the Chilton DW2, I’ve just rediscovered this thread.

    I was flicking through my recently acquired copy of Ultralights by Richard Riding when I stumbled across the following.

    “The DW2 was to remain in the Chilton Lodge coach house for 45 years before being rediscovered by the author in 1984, together with a collection of Chilton DW1 components. Everything was removed to Hamble in the hope that the DW2 will be completed at least to a static condition.“

    That was the state of things when the book was published in 1987.

    Anne

    March 31, 2015 at 8:03 am in reply to: If only surplus was available like this still part 2 #864825
    anneorac
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    Ooh and not just a Surplus Catalogue on the DSG Aviation Scribd account! Lots of interesting snippets from APs with a rather Chipmunky flavour to them. Thanks for that. What nice people DSG are for making such things available.

    Anne

    March 31, 2015 at 7:46 am in reply to: Identify Propeller #864829
    anneorac
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    And the answer is…(roll on the drums)…Wellington (Hercules powered variants) and Lancaster Mk II. Very nice.:)

    Anne

    March 30, 2015 at 11:53 am in reply to: Help to identify propellers #865785
    anneorac
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    Is there anything carved into the base at the root end (the red bit below)?

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]236390[/ATTACH]

    Sometimes you can find the drawing number there. Otherwise they appear to be right handed Weybridge, Rotol blades.

    Anne

    March 22, 2015 at 7:36 pm in reply to: Mounting type 209 #873433
    anneorac
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    With a 10A/ Ref it’s going to be a bit of Radio kit.

    Anne

    March 19, 2015 at 8:08 am in reply to: Staffordshire Armouries having a clearout… #876570
    anneorac
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    I think you meant Stratford Armouries as in Stratford-upon-Avon, 28 miles south of Birmingham. Not to be confused with Stafford, 28 miles north of Birmingham.

    Anne

    February 26, 2015 at 10:17 pm in reply to: Mk1 Anson Projects #890348
    anneorac
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    Did someone say bomb?
    http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?133510-The-Anson-it-bombs

    Got to love the smaller set of Anson bomb doors. What opens them…the bomb falling through them!

    February 26, 2015 at 10:15 pm in reply to: Mk1 Anson Projects #890349
    anneorac
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    Just tried to get my head around this in terms of how it would apply.. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP659.PDF

    I think it means if it is to carry more than three passengers it would need all the drawings. Otherwise might get away with it based upon CAA inspection and approval.

    Can’t quite remember off the top of my head but I think the Anson I only has four seats.

    February 26, 2015 at 8:50 pm in reply to: Mk1 Anson Projects #890511
    anneorac
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    The People’s Anson? :eagerness:

    No, Fly again, Anson Bomber.

    Sadly my pockets are rather empty or I’d be heading to Shropshire in an attempt to acquire some bits of wood as pattern pieces.

    Anne

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