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  • in reply to: Engine / Prop Internals .. ID required ? #1177499
    John Aeroclub
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    I would agree with Creaking door, Hercules with a Rotol Prop. This rules out the Halifax
    and Stirling. Again probably Wellington (two props recovered) and possibly Lanc II.

    John

    in reply to: Canberra B(1)8 #1179851
    John Aeroclub
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    Ive just got the new 1:48th Airfix kit and i am looking out for any alternate markings i could finish her in. Im looking for some photos of them wearing any scheme out of the ordinary. Im not worried about which nation owned them, i would just like to model something different.

    India, South Africa, Venezuela or Peru.

    John

    in reply to: WE NEED HELP TO FIND A SOPWITH CAMEL! #1179945
    John Aeroclub
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    Hi Jack

    Although you have a lot of info there about the propeller, there is nothing to link it to a specific airframe. I am assuming at this point that those details match a Clerget Camel, Perhaps ‘Annerac’, a valued poster on this site will reply.

    So many props were disposed of as surplus after the Great War that it may not even have been fitted to a plane. To link it to anyone, you would have to have some other provenance such as a named photo album etc, sold at the same time.

    Sorry not much help.

    John

    in reply to: No Fokker comes close. #1181610
    John Aeroclub
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    Reminds me of the punchline to an old joke….

    “That Fokker was a Messerschmitt.”

    I can’t recall the joke itself….but it sounds like it would be funnier with a Scottish accent.

    Polish accent in the original joke! The Polish pilot relating his wartime exploits to a bunch of schoolgirls and on hearing the enemy planes described as a bunch of Fokkers diving on the Pole, the schoolmistress hastely informs the girls that a Fokker is a german aircraft whereupon the Pole retorts “and yes these Fokkers were Messerschmitts”.

    John

    in reply to: John Fairey dies in Piston Provost crash, 9/7/09 #1184235
    John Aeroclub
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    The Flycatcher replica, now in the FAA Museum. Very sad news.

    John

    This was in answer to Moggy’s question.

    in reply to: Screw removal tool – Harrier GR.3 #1186320
    John Aeroclub
    Participant

    Are you talking about the plunge mill type screws? Have a sort of curved slot?

    If so, Grind up a screwdriver; the original tool is not dissimilar.

    Bruce

    Better, grind up a radius on a screw driver tipped socket as this was the style with a slight hollow ground side. Use it on a brace. I recall they were bl$$dy things in service too.

    John

    in reply to: DH-84a Dragon, G-ECAN #1196868
    John Aeroclub
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    in reply to: Hawker Cygnet #1199829
    John Aeroclub
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    😮 My apologies on the mistaken (pilot) identity. And spelling of your name.

    John

    in reply to: How was this missed?? Demon K8203 1st Flight Reported #1201453
    John Aeroclub
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    The Demon is the only ‘Hart’ type with two fuselage guns. Equipment fit and role define the other family differences. Wonderful news.

    John

    in reply to: Hawker Cygnet #1202435
    John Aeroclub
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    I was fortunate to be present when Don Cashmore’s Cygnet did it’s first hops in the hands of Andy Sefton at Hucknall.

    John

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    in reply to: WW2 RAF Fighter Pilots Personal weapons #1202824
    John Aeroclub
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    As I sit reading this interesting thread, I am in fact wearing my 1914 Webley ammunition pouch on my belt. It’s very useful for carrying “doggy training treats” for my new Spaniel puppy. My 1916 Mk VI pistol, now sadly de-activated, is locked away with my other toys. I use them as props for for talks.

    Of interest to the arming of aircrew, the RFC contingent of the BEF in 1914 were issued with the rare “birds head” .455 Webley loaded with “dum dum” bullets. Strictly against the Geneva Convention. Our Harrier crews carried shoulder holstered FN 9mm’s.

    John

    in reply to: Forum Meet at Cockpitfest? #1213562
    John Aeroclub
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    Nice to put some faces to forum names and admire the expertise of many of the forum regulars. Thanks again to the organisers.

    Cheers

    John

    in reply to: Pics of Gloster Meteor in RNoAF colours? #1213763
    John Aeroclub
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    The Norwegians (to my knowledge) didn’t use the Meteor, they bought Vampires.

    John

    in reply to: Bulldog Instructional Airframe 1940 #1214405
    John Aeroclub
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    No sorry I haven’t had the time.

    Cheers

    John

    in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1218017
    John Aeroclub
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    Mitsubishi Ki 83.

    John

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