I know it’s a bit of a long shot without a photo (haven’t got one at the moment), but can anyone ID a relic from a Hurricane from this decription.

The relic is made of aluminium, and looks to be a control knob of some sort. It has five thin ‘fingers’ in a star arangement, with a tubular shaft rivited to the centre on one side.

I’ve looked at a number of cockpit interior shots of the Hurricane, including the pilot’s notes, but can’t see anything like it. Could it be from somewhere other than the cockpit?

Hopefully I should have a photo of the relic by Monday. In the meantime, any ideas would be most welcome.

Geoff

Certainly sounds like the rudder bar starwheel to me too. Used for adjusting the pedal position for tall or short pilots!

I agree. It makes me want to cry every time I pass by.

I can agree with you on this, however, a museum like Lasham has been going for many years. It probably suffers from the problems that most small museums/enthusiast groups have….a lack of voulnteers who are actually willing to get their hands dirty.

Lets say a typical group probably has 100 ‘members’, 85% boast of their involvement in the museum, but in fact all they do is read the newsletter. Of the last 15, probably only 5 or 6 actually do anything regularly.

I suppose, if you live close to it you could help them if you have spare time? 🙂

I know this was discussed a while ago but as a kid I was a regular at Blackbushe. Saw all the Sea Furys, casa 352’s, C47’s, etc up to G-FORT go through the place. Questions are
1) He always had the reputation as being an arrogant t****r(and more) in the spotting community. I can very much remember the guard dogs! Was this, in your opinions, true?
2) I can’t think of any airframe currently in the uk that ows it’s existance to him( anybody correct me?). What long term impact do you think he had on thew uk preservation scene?

Cannot comment on the spotter thing…not my bag that (however, some spotters have been an extremely bad advert in trespassing and being incredibly unpleasant). I can understand an owner wishing to keep some elements of the spotting community away. Like all hobbies the few idiots ruin it for the masses.
However, he purchased and owned many warbirds for many years…ergo he paid money for warbirds, ergo he paid for restorations to flight, ergo he put money into preservation and did not fly them much so I would say he had a huge impact in acting as a safe custodian of them and a good preservationist.

I had the pleasure of meeting him on a few occassions when I was a lad…a gent I thought who had the same passion for warbirds that most of us have coursing through our veins.