I have on gate gaurds uks website something saying they are building a hurricane & spitfire for them

Which website are you talking about please? I would think it highly unlikely that a Hurricane and Spitfire are heading to Hendon, they have several already!

Aye – think it was flown by Carl Schofield, but I may be wrong.

You are right – it was for its first Dx appearance under Hangar 11 ownership and the second and most recent one was flown by PT (2008 ?).

Mark V

I don’t get to look around the museum often, as it seems you were visiting when the 190 was being moved, as you’ve stated it was being moved to another hangar.

Sorry Henry – I was not there at the time, so cannot help you on that – but take a look at this website – its often updated and a good way to keep up to date with things at DX http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mclaydon/indexpage.htm

It depends on how compacted the snow is, newly fallen at a shallow depth of 130mm on an aircraft wing, not very – so overall mass is closer to 70 to 100 Kg/cu. m. With compaction and ice formation it can increase to 190Kg.cu m.

I would suggest using a figure of 120kg per cu. metre (which equates to 15.6Kg per sq. metre at a depth of 130mm). That gives a maximum of 245Kg of snow on the wings alone

Just been reading through all this – most interesting. Edgar seems to have a good point. The ‘recognition device’ is clearly a smallish bore (same as the flare cartridges – 1.5″ to 2.0″ bore) device whereas the parachute dispenser (downward firing) seems, from the picture in post 18 and other pictures I have seen, to be a large (4″ – 6″ diameter) cylinder. Obviously a small parachute pack needed more room hence the larger diameter delivery tube and large door (compared with the smaller fabric covered aperture in the rear upper fuselage). Very interesting.

Does anyone have info on how to find out the serial No (and eventual fate) of a 121 Eagle Squadron Spitfire Vb code AV-R?

Yes – ask here! It was BM590, named ‘Olga’ and was well photographed in mid 1942 when based at Southend.

The prop stopped very quickly so I assume it was not under power.

More to do with an abrupt contact with the ground I suspect.

but did not have time to feather the prop

The propeller on the P-51 does not feather.

a damn good looking aircraft!!!

It is an absolutely awesome looking machine!! 🙂

There’s a Seafire XV which is very close to flying in the midwest… the former CWH example …. I think it’s in Missouri.

Cheers,
Richard

Indeed and very impressive it is too – will debut at Oshkosh.