Hi
Odd, maybe it is an 150 ft aircraft fuselage with no wings then?
cheers
Jerry

HI
Could it be off one of the northrop N3PB’s, there might be cockpit photos on the net of the restored one ?
bomb drop could be more of a north american term,
think the UK term is bomb release ?
cheers
Jerry

Hi All,
It is well worth registering for the info ….photos, plans,etc.
…. no pain ….. no gain …..
I can see the need for registering due to the type of documents available.

I have received no spam from the site and as I recall I only used my e mail and a password to register.

There are many sites I have registered with on the net and the return I get for registering far exceeds that actual process.

http://www.whirlwindfighterproject.org/

Maybe the only hope we have of ever getting a 1:1 scale whirlwind

good luck to the team

cheers
Jerry

Hi
Nice to think he may have been found, and full credit to the Italian guys.

but the question must be asked …………

why didn’t the UK send a team out.

Jerry

Hi
Apparently russia is shipping attack helicopters to syria, seems the region is going to hot up more ?
jerry

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/9353381/Nato-to-meet-over-Turkish-plane-being-shot-down-over-Syria.html

…..reports that Russia was to try again to send a Russian ship to make a controversial delivery of attack helicopters to Syria.

A first journey ended after exposure by the US authorities led the ship’s British insurer to withdraw cover.

But an unnamed Russian diplomat said the ship, the Alaed, would soon try again to deliver the aircraft………

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=306064000

Hi
AP for beaufighter gives three types of propeller for hercules engined aircraft, types 55/4, 55/14 and 6/6. all 12ft 9in in diameter.
AP for halifax gives type PX.500-1169-TAI, no figure for diameter.
not sure it that helps, merlin halifax AP gives props as 12ft or 12ft 9 ins or 13ft diameter, but these are all type R7/35/–.
Hopefully someone here has the dimensions for the PX.500-1169-TAI
cheers
Jerry

Hi
Thats reminds me sometime around 2000-2002, I had a letter from someone ex westlands, living near yeovil, stating that they still had the wind tunnel model in their possesion, sorry I don’t think I have the letter/contact details anymore but shouldn’t be to hard to search him out.

Great to the project is still going well in the hard financial times.
Good Luck to the project team.
cheers
Jerry

Hi
To me three options…
If you are going for max money e bay.
If you want the items to go to a project, an idea of the price for some items could be gained from the link below.
Or wait till the next aerojumble…
cheers
Jerry

http://spitfirespares.co.uk/Parts%20for%20sale.html