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  • June 8, 2011 at 2:06 pm in reply to: Historic Cessna 120 crash at Hucknall on the Second #1084964
    John Aeroclub
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    Cessna 120 Whiskey Delta crashed after what is believed to be a carburettor fault on air test.
    One pilot sustained two crushed vertabrae. The Cessna is probably a write off.

    John

    June 8, 2011 at 12:16 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1085357
    John Aeroclub
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    I will have to declare Open house as i’m sorting scanners out at this time.

    John

    June 8, 2011 at 12:13 am in reply to: Photo Mystery #1085361
    John Aeroclub
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    The same photo is reproduced in Putnams Blackburn and was the only british military a/c to carry a five figure number, so presumably the location is at Blackburns at Brough and not Leeds (Olympia). The badge is Blackburn’s original badge.

    John

    June 7, 2011 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Info required on strange memorial #1085633
    John Aeroclub
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    Probable that it comemorates an airman buried in a family plot elsewhere and he was a native of that town. As serving military I would think Mort pour la France would be appropiate at any time.

    John

    June 6, 2011 at 12:14 am in reply to: Grunau Baby takes to the air again #1086412
    John Aeroclub
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    Please what was it’s ID with the RAFGSA?

    Great to see it completed.

    John

    June 6, 2011 at 12:01 am in reply to: More wheels to ID for the experts? #1086414
    John Aeroclub
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    What size (dia) is the pre-war type? I don’t think they’re Hawker 15″ type but possibly Blackburn Shark however the inflation valve hole is in an odd position and I’ve seen this on a Fairchild 51A so perhaps the wheels have a North American origin

    John

    June 5, 2011 at 11:49 pm in reply to: Halifax/Hastings wing #1086416
    John Aeroclub
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    I would suggest that there are quite a lot of differences. Just look at the planform and engine positions in relation to breakdown joints of both wings. The Hastings has a double taper wing outboard of the centre section. The Halifax does not. I believe the wing section to be the same but we really need some one involved closely with Elvindon to comment on the structural differences and how they resolved the conversion. Of interest the ill fated Hermes I used the Halifax wing.

    John

    May 14, 2011 at 11:14 am in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1044071
    John Aeroclub
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    NIV FK 34. Open house as I will not be available for a few days.

    John

    May 13, 2011 at 11:28 am in reply to: The And Now For Something Completely Different….Thread #1045594
    John Aeroclub
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    What about Miss Shillings oriface without which the successors of the Schneider Rolls engines would not have perfomed so well?

    John

    May 13, 2011 at 11:23 am in reply to: Keeping warm in a Catalina #1045596
    John Aeroclub
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    In 1985 I joined the team that brought Catalina GBLSC to the UK from South Africa. One thing that intrigued me was the amount of extraneous “plumbing” attached inside the cabin. I was astounded to discover that it was part of a heating system retro-fit from the sixties, which worked by feeding fuel from the aircraft’s wing tanks into a “boiler” fitted in the cabin…which was then set alight! This was something akin to a flying paraffin heater.

    When the Catalina got to Barkston Heath, this pipework was all ripped out, but I would be interested to know if this crazy system was ever really used, or if anybody knows of any other such installations?:eek:

    I wonder if it was this contraption which allegedly caused the death of a mechanic in the Catalina parked at Idris in 1960 and to which I refered to in this post http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=108777 see post 11.

    John

    May 12, 2011 at 8:06 pm in reply to: De Havilland Controllable Pitch Airscrew manual #1046341
    John Aeroclub
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    I believe Fokker ordered a number of DH propellers for the Fokker TV.

    John

    May 11, 2011 at 9:43 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1047321
    John Aeroclub
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    Sorry I can’t comment on the name, Bee.

    Cheers

    John

    May 11, 2011 at 9:35 pm in reply to: De Havilland Controllable Pitch Airscrew manual #1047330
    John Aeroclub
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    De Havillands set up negotiations with Hamiltons in 1934 and started production in 1935 so yes your book will be late 30’s. The later Hydromatic commenced production in 1938.

    John

    May 11, 2011 at 9:21 pm in reply to: Martin Baker Ejection Seat Numbering #1047344
    John Aeroclub
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    3K Vulcan B.Mk.1 only. 3KS B.1A, B.2, K.2. Mk.4 (4th Version). 3L Victor 1. 3LS B.2, SR.2, K2.

    John

    May 11, 2011 at 9:09 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1047349
    John Aeroclub
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    So who’ll be first with this busy little “B”.

    John

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