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Interesting, and very camerashy this one.

Surprising they opted to dispose of the helicopters, which are original and complete (and look in good condition) on the basis of duplication and relevance, but overlooked a plastic Typhoon, Swiss-built Vampire, derelict PT-19 and the Miles Mohawk (how long did that actually spend on display?!)
It’s also a bit of a shame that Hendon or Cosford can’t find a small space for the Proctor-whose significance to the RAF is quite considerable.

From the first line of the document linked: ‘The Royal Air Force Museum has reviewed its current holdings in the Helicopter Collection’. I may have overlooked a rare prototype or two, but I am fairly certain the museum does not hold helicopter-versions of the Typhoon, Vampire, PT-19 or Mohawk.

Eric -I am inclined to give this one a go to fly again! Whilst its not in great condition -it will be a good exercise for a friend who wishes to extend his woodworking skills!

That would be nice. They fly as they look, but they’re great fun! If any parts are missing, let me know and I’ll see what’s there. And like Dave pointed out: watch out for Mod 80, lots of work.

Eric

Thanks Eric ! Yes thats the rudder ! I have just picked up a Tutor which looks the spitting image of BGA466 ! However I delivered that to Hooton Park a few weeks ago so I need to do some detective work on this one!

There’s one or two Slingsby expert on the forum here, so fingers crossed. The c/n of Slingsby-built gliders of the older generations are a bit of a headache, and are rarely in the gliders themselves. A FF-number could help if it is in sequence. Is it complete, or would you be needing parts to get it up to display standard?

It is a Fokker project wich was shown at le Bourget pre WW2.

Indeed. A Fokker C.I, registration PH-APL. Modified by Syndicaat Dekker Octrooien from The Hague between 1937 and 1940. Owner Adriaan Dekker was a windmill designer. Aircraft was impounded by German forces at Ypenburg May 18th, 1940 following the invasion of The Netherlands and transported to Berlin. Is rumoured to have been flown there but crashed on first flight.

Control system stiffness plays a large role as well. Cable-driven ailerons tend to have large counter balance weight fitted. Compare the Rhönlerche which has about 3 kilos of lead in large protruding counterbalance weights, fitted after a couple of them lost their ailerons (and in one case the wings) in dives due to flutter.

Also, did you ever hear, back in the 80s, of a Mustang reserved for a cor Groenevald who (I think) was a member of the DDA? I seem to remember from Flypast of the day that the reg was to be PH-MMF.
T J

Cor Groeneveld (not Groenevald, but he was indeed president of the DDA at the time) reserved a registration for a P-51 but the dream never came true. Not meant for DDA, but for himself (he owned a Harvard at the time, and an S-11 before that).