Cheers Dave, but Mr Canadair deserves a reply for his troll!!!

Canadair:

1. You have to know who is selling it (which I do – its not me)

2. You have to realise that getting accurate drawings/patterns for Hurris is very very difficult. This item would at the least provide dimensions and £14 or whatever would be a small price to pay

3. You also have to realise that this chap (who has given up his project) has been selling 100+ items, and I and others have benefitted (I have bout 20+)

4. I can assure you it is not ” 1940’s – 1990’s era washing maching!! so what relevance would that particular tube have to a “hurricane cockpit recreation” so it is relevant

5. I have been restoring a Hurri from scrap for almost 30 years, your recrteation of a tube would not fool me (indeed I have made some tubes myself)

6. So you understand tubing…good on yer…see my original post to see that I was making a wild sweeping generalisation like you indeed did.

7. Finally, you have to realise that one man’s rubbish is another man’s gold. Your email was offensive lavbelling people like me idiots and you do not know me.

You say “But I am pretty sure if I was “rebuilding a Hurricane” as you say, I would have the sense to pass this particular example up.” not if you wanted to get it finished you wouldnt…it has a worth…not a huge amount granted, but it has a worth.

“and lets qualify this, by the ebay statement, not to mention common sense, this item is by no means airworthy, ITS A BENT DENTED RUSTED BROKEN TUBE!, so beyond this it would only be at a stretch usable for a “recreation” and for that purpose even if it was real, what possible relevance would it have??? Your Turn mate OK”[/QUOTE]……

its relevance to me?

a. It is Hurricane,

b. it would provide at least an accurate measure of N-O, a tube I do not have

c. My project is a static that is at the moment 85% original, this part is original and would cost me approx £100 to make, so I would have a go at using it.

So yes it has value to me….so I presume you still think I have no sense?!

Unfortunately, people out there will no doubt outbid me now. 🙁

Please do not rubbish the efforts of people like me in trying to create museum worthy memorials out of scrap/rubbish and labelling us as stupid.

I’m off to bed now!!!!

Thought you all might be interested to see this shot taken at Kemble in February 1971 just after Red Arrows Gnats XR986 & XR545 were involved in a fatal mid-air collision on 20th January 1971.

Yuk…I went to school with a child who lost his Dad then 🙁

Guess who’s stood on the wheel?! ;o)) Very much younger he was then werent you Fluffy!!

Hi Alan

I cannot see your picture but, if it’s what I think it is, the reference will be 5c/2024.

The Supermarine type part number is 22336-803

Regards

Michael

Yes it is 5C/2024

Evening Star newspaper of February 11th reports that on of the sons of the town and test engineer at Boscombe Down is taking selected parts to Hendon to compare them with parts of the Lancaster there.

A plaque on the town hall honours the Lanc. crew of the Methwold based plane that ditched 1,200 yards off shore who were lost.

Tee hee! That’s me!! Went to Hendon today and although scouring the Lanc and Wellington, nothing conclusive…so I will be looking harder for part numbers!!

Quite a good day though…Hendon then Science Museum to look at Spit exhibition (will post photos later) then to IWM to see remains of Holme’s Buck Palace Rd Hurri (hidden amongst the Childrens war exhibition now).

If I had my way, I would like this project to be a ‘peoples project’,
i.e. a share scheme. So the cost of initial purchase and transport to a suitable museum or location would be worked out and then converted into a number of share certificates. That would get XL391’s nose saved.
The actual restoration could be in the form of additional shares, i.e. a fund of £500 to buy materials. With any luck our workforce would be made up from the shareowners and any museum staff.

This may seem a little regimented, but it gives the average enthusiast the chance to have shared ownership for a small cost, i.e. £100 a share. Shares when someone wants to sell would be available to the group members first. This would therefore be run on the same basis as group ownership of an operating aircraft.

Just my thoughts, but I feel there are many on this forum who would probably like the idea of part ownership of the ‘People’s Vulcan’ cockpit and could afford the modest charge of say £100 to £150 per share?